Hettrick v. Hettrick
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was an amicable action and case stated for the opinion of the court, filed in December 1866, between Maria Hettrick, plaintiff, and Jesse.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was an amicable action and case stated for the opinion of the court, filed in December 1866, between Maria Hettrick, plaintiff, and Jesse. Hettrick, executor of Abraham Hettrick, deceased, defendant, in which the following facts were agreed upon to be considered in the nature of a special verdict:— “ Maria Hettrick, the plaintiff in the above case, was legally married to Abraham Hettrick on the 9th day of May 1816. From that day until the month of April 1839 she lived and cohabited with him as his wife. At that time she left her…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was'delivered, July 3d 1867, by
Agnew, J.
— Mrs. Hettrick left her husband in 1839, and never afterward cohabited with him. In 1845 she commenced a proceeding for a divorce, a mensd et thoro and alimony, alleging cruel and barbarous treatment. The case never came to a hearing, but by consent the allegations and facts stated in the petition and pleadings were withdrawn, and a decree for alimony made. The alimony' was paid down until the year 1866, when her husband died, and she demanded of the executor the $300 allowed by the Act of 1851. From these facts it is very…
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