Commonwealth v. Richards

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This case is governed, on the main point involved, by our recent decision in Com. ex rel. Isaacs v. Isaacs, 124 Pa. Superior Ct. 450, 188 A. 551.

In that case a wife brought proceedings for support against her husband, under the Act of April 13, 1867, P. L. 78, 18 PS 1251, et seq., in the municipal court (see Act of July 12, 1913, P. L. 711, sec. 11, and amendments; Com. v. Hopkins, 53 Pa. Superior Ct. 16, affirmed, 241 Pa. 213, 88 A. 442). At the hearing the husband contended that a separation agreement, entered into between the parties seven years before, was a bar to…