Peardon v. Peardon

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

Defendant’s appeal in this case meets the insuperable obstacle that the findings of fact by a chancellor, approved by the court en banc, have the force and effect of the verdict of a jury and will not be disturbed on appeal if there is any evidence to support them. Here there is such evidence.

The parties were married in 1923; they were divorced in 1946. By deed of December 30,1942 a farm property in Montgomery County was acquired by the wife, Rose M. Peardon; it was purchased principally with money of her own but with some contributions by her husband,…