Pearce v. Pearce
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 129, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., June T., 1910, No. 88, dismissing libel for divorce in case of Martin C. Pearce v. Emma C. Pearce. Libel for divorce. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the libel,
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The libel in this case charged willful and malicious desertion on the part of the respondent, and the latter’s answer set up, as justification for her separation from the libellant, his cruel and barbarous treatment and adultery. The evidence is insufficient to sustain the charge of cruel and barbarous treatment, and, as we view the case, its sufficiency or insufficiency to sustain the charge of adultery need not be decided. The undisputed fact is that the respondent left her husband’s house on October 18, 1907, *131and has not since returned or offered to return. It is also…
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