Commonwealth ex rel. Sharpe v. Sharpe

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from an order entered by tbe Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware County against a son for the support of his father.

The action was brought, and the order entered, under the Act of June 24,1937, P. L. 2045, §3, as amended, 62 P.S. §1973, which provides: “The . . . child ... of every indigent person, whether a public charge or not, shall, if of sufficient financial ability, care for and maintain, or financially assist, such indigent person at such rate as the court of the county, where such indigent person resides shall order or direct.”

After a…