Wosche v. Kraning

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

In 1914 plaintiff, George G. Wosche, who was then living apart from his wife, and defendant, Alice J. Kraning, who was then living apart from her husband, entered into a meretricious relationship which they maintained continuously thereafter for a period of 29 years. During that time they cohabited at various places of residence in Philadelphia — from 1918 to 1930 on a farm in Tacony and from 1930 to 1943 at 7741 Hasbrook Avenue. In July of the latter year, after a series of violent quarrels, plaintiff left, or, as he claims, was ejected from, their Hasbrook…