Legal Opinion

Hexamer v. Hexamer

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 3, 1910No. Appeal, No. 146PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal, No. 146, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., March T., 1909, No. 40, refusing divorce in case of Charles J. Hexamer v. Annie J. Hexamer. Libel for divorce. Martin, P. J., filed the following opinion: The libel in this case alleges that respondent, by cruel and barbarous treatment and indignities to his person, has rendered the condition of libelant intolerable and his life burdensome.

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Appeal, No. 146, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., March T., 1909, No. 40, refusing divorce in case of Charles J. Hexamer v. Annie J. Hexamer. Libel for divorce. Martin, P. J., filed the following opinion: The libel in this case alleges that respondent, by cruel and barbarous treatment and indignities to his person, has rendered the condition of libelant intolerable and his life burdensome. There was a further allegation that respondent had given herself up to adulterous practices and been guilty of adultery with divers persons, but the libel was amended,…

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Porter, J.,

The plaintiff filed in the court below a libel praying for a divorce from the respondent, alleging that she, “by cruel and barbarous treatment and indignities to his person, hath rendered the condition of this libelant intolerable and his life burdensome.” The libel as originally filed alleged, as a further ground for divorce, that the respondent had given herself up to adulterous practices and been guilty of adultery with divers persons in this commonwealth and elsewhere, but the libelant saw fit, by an amendment, to entirely eliminate this charge from the issue. The…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Middleton v. MiddletonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  2. Richards v. RichardsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  3. Fay v. FaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  4. Angier v. AngierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
  5. Hahn v. BealorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  3. Hepworth v. HepworthSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. MacOrmac v. MacOrmacSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  5. Forrester v. ForresterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

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