Commonwealth v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 20, May T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, March T., 1900, No. 7, affirming judgment of the court of quarter sessions of Dauphin Co., June T., 1889, No. 286, in case of Commonwealth v. Harry E. Smith. Appeal from Superior Court. From the record it appeared that Harry E. Smith and the appellee were married in 1897. On February 1, 1899, they entered into a voluntary agreement of separation.
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Appeal, No. 20, May T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, March T., 1900, No. 7, affirming judgment of the court of quarter sessions of Dauphin Co., June T., 1889, No. 286, in case of Commonwealth v. Harry E. Smith. Appeal from Superior Court. From the record it appeared that Harry E. Smith and the appellee were married in 1897. On February 1, 1899, they entered into a voluntary agreement of separation. On April 3, 1899, she charged appellant, before an alderman, with desertion and failure to support her, and this charge was brought to a hearing before the court below,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
On this appeal we are asked to review the judgment of the Superior Court, affirming the decree of the court of quarter sessions of Dauphin county in a proceeding instituted under the Act of April 13, 1867, P. L. 78, by Lizzie S. Smith against her husband, Harry E. Smith, to compel him to support her. No appeal lies from the final order of the court of quarter sessions made on the hearing of a desertion case under this act, for the purpose of allowing us to review the exercise of the discretion of the court below in making it. An appeal from such an order under the…
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