Harper's Petition

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

This appeal is by the husband from a decree declaring his wife a feme sole trader under the Act of May 28, 1915, P. L. 639. The pleadings and meagre testimony disclose that the parties were married in 1895 and thenceforward resided in her home in Philadelphia, where petitioner continues to reside, and from which the husband departed in 1917. While the petition avers a malicious desertion on his part, the answer, which as to that must be accepted for there is no countervailing proof, avers a separation by mutual consent. He contributed to her support for two years…