Tiffin v. Tiffin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
r § TIE plaintiff and defendant were divorced a mensa et X thoro at December term 1802; and in September follow- , . . . . mg, this court, pursuant to an agreement between the parties, decreed that the defendant should pay to the wife three hundred dollars per annum in equal monthly payments, transfer t0 [ier some personal property, and execute a conveyance to ,. , r . , , trustees for her use, of an estate in Jyeto Jersey worth about twe*ve thousand dollars, which she had…
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r § TIE plaintiff and defendant were divorced a mensa et X thoro at December term 1802; and in September follow- , . . . . mg, this court, pursuant to an agreement between the parties, decreed that the defendant should pay to the wife three hundred dollars per annum in equal monthly payments, transfer t0 [ier some personal property, and execute a conveyance to ,. , r . , , trustees for her use, of an estate in Jyeto Jersey worth about twe*ve thousand dollars, which she had brought him in marriage; the whole to be in full of all claim of alimony and dower. And in case the payments should be…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This cause comes before us on a motion by James Tiffin,, to quash an attachment taken out against him by his wife Martha, on a decree of divorce and alimony pronounced by the court in September 1803. The motion is grounded on an alleged reconciliation which took place between them in September 1806. On this point evidence has been offered, and it is proved beyond doubt, that Mrs. Tffim, at the instance of her husband, did return to his home and cohabit with him four or five weeks, during which time she acted as mistress of the family. Their harmony was *206not without interruption;…
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