Meng v. Meng

Gordon, Jr., P. J.,

This bill in equity is brought by a wife to restrain her husband from prosecuting an action in divorce in a foreign jurisdiction, and the case is before us upon a petition and rule by the defendant husband for a preliminary determination of our jurisdiction under Equity Rule 29 (Act of March 5, 1925, P. L. 23, 12 PS §§672-675).

From the pleadings and evidence presented at the hearing of the petition, the following facts appear: On February 27, 1937, Dr. Frederick William Meng, defendant, started an action for divorce in this court against his wife, plaintiff, as of March…