Commonwealth v. Burson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 13, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from order of Municipal Court Philadelphia Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 238, on proceedings for support in case of Commonwealth v. James N. Burson. Warrant for desertion and nonsupport. Before v Brown, P. J. The court entered an order upon the defendant to pay his wife sixty dollars per week. Error assigned was the order of the court..
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Appeal, No. 13, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from order of Municipal Court Philadelphia Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 238, on proceedings for support in case of Commonwealth v. James N. Burson. Warrant for desertion and nonsupport. Before v Brown, P. J. The court entered an order upon the defendant to pay his wife sixty dollars per week. Error assigned was the order of the court.. Counsel fully appreciates the attitude of the appellate courts respecting the reviewal of the records of Quarter Sessions Courts in such cases, but finds himself unable to agree with the position taken by the court in…
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Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
This is an appeal from an order of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia entered in a proceeding under the Act of April 13, 1867j P. L. 78, to compel the defendant to maintain his wife. Section 11 of the Act of July 12, 1913, P. L. 711, gives exclusive jurisdiction to that court in such cases and its action is of like effect as was that of the Quarter Sessions before the jurisdiction was changed. Section 14 of the Municipal Court Act provides that all parties believing themselves to be aggrieved by the decisions of that court may remove their cases by appeal or writ of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Commonwealth v. JamesPhiladelphia County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1891
- Commonwealth v. RunkleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1914