Burns v. Burns

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The Act of April 20, 1911, P. L. 71, amending the Divorce Act of March 13, 1815, P. L. 150, which first authorized the court of common pleas to appoint a master “to take the testimony and return the same to the court, together with a report of the proceedings had before him, and his opinion of the case,” effected no change in the duty of that court, or of this court on appeal, as respects a consideration of all the evidence and the determination of the facts therefrom. The court of common pleas must still be satisfied by its own knowledge of the testimony that the…