Augenstein v. Augenstein
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 136, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., dismissing libel for divorce in case of Fanny Augenstein v. Joseph Augenstein. Libel for divorce. The case was referred to Frank M. Wirgman, Esq., as master, who reported in favor of granting the divorce.
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Appeal, No. 136, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., dismissing libel for divorce in case of Fanny Augenstein v. Joseph Augenstein. Libel for divorce. The case was referred to Frank M. Wirgman, Esq., as master, who reported in favor of granting the divorce. The court, however, overruled the master’s finding, and dismissed the libel, filing the following per curiam opinion: In this case the ground for the divorce alleged in the libel is that the respondent has offered such indignities to the person of the libelant as to render her condition intolerable and life…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The ground for divorce, alleged in the libel, is that the respondent has offered such indignities to the person of the libellant as to render her condition intolerable and life a burden, thereby compelling her to withdraw from his home and family. The parties were domiciled in the city of New York at the time of their marriage (August, 1897), and continued to reside at different places in that city until he deserted her, leaving her and their two infant children without money or means of support. During their residence in New York he beat her severely, swore at her…
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