Com. Ex Rel. v. Wattenscheidt

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This is an appeal by respondent from an order of the municipal court increasing an order for the support of a wife by her husband. In 1921 the Municipal Court of Philadelphia ordered the appellant, Harry Wattenscheidt, to pay his wife, Fannie Wattenscheidt, the sum of $20 per week for her support. The parties were married in 1917 and apparently separated sometime prior to the making of the order. There are no children by this marriage. Belatrix has an adult son by another marriage and respondent has three adult children by a former marriage. On two occasions the wife’s…