Commonwealth ex rel. Harmon v. Harmon

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

This is an appeal by the husband from an order of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia dismissing his petition to vacate an order for the support of his wife made by that court on October 31, 1950. In dismissing the petition the learned judge of the court below refused to accord full faith and credit to a decree of divorce a.v.m., dated October 3, 1951, obtained by appellant in the State of Virginia, holding that the Virginia court was without jurisdiction.

At the hearing on the petition, appellant testified to the following. In 1946 he married respondent and, until their…