Given v. Given
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 214, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Pliila. Co., Dec. T., 1842, No. 53, refusing to revoke decree in divorce, in case of William Given v. Hannah Given. Petition to revoke final decree in divorce. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Portee, J.,
This proceeding was begun and a subpoena sur libel for divorce a vinculo matrimonii issued on October 15, 1842, returnable the first Monday of December following, and was so proceeded in that, on February 25,1843, a divorce was decreed. That decree stood unquestioned for over fifty-nine years. The respondent, on November 17, 1902, presented a petition and obtained a rule on J. A. Smith, executor of William Given, deceased, to show cause why the decree in divorce entered February 25, 1843, should not be vacated and annulled. The petition set forth that the parties were…
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