Commonwealth ex rel. Kolbe v. Kolbe

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

This was a proceeding brought by a wife for her support under §733 of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 PS §4733.

Within one year after the marriage in December 1956, the parties separated. During the time that they were living together the respondent struck his wife on a number of occasions and otherwise subjected her to *258physical abuse; and even after the separation she had him arrested for assault and battery because of a beating by him at their apartment where , she had gone to get her personal belongings. Pie was guilty also of other mistreatment of her, which was…