Moorehouse v. Moorehouse
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 46, March T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1894, No. 676, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from alderman.
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Appeal, No. 46, March T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1894, No. 676, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from alderman. Before Simohtoh, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court below: The plaintiff brought this action against her husband claim- • ing to recover a balance alleged to be due from him to her by virtue of a promise made by him to pay her a certain monthly allowance for her maintenance after he had deserted her. The verdict in favor of the plaintiff was taken subject to two reserved points: 1. Whether the plaintiff, being…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Judgment was properly entered in the court below upon both of the points reserved at the trial. It is not necessary to recapitulate or to endeavor to reinforce the reasons therefor which have been so clearly and convincingly stated by the trial judge in the opinion and decree overruling the motion for judgment non obstante veredicto. If, in pursuance of the alleged agreement between the parties at the time of their separation as husband and wife, the husband had given the wife separate notes for the several instalments falling due under the said agreement, they could not…
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