Commonwealth Ex Rel. Elgart v. Elgart

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This is an appeal from an order made by Bonnelly, J., of the municipal court, Philadelphia County, for the support of a wife and child, 3 years of age, directing the payment of $10 a week.

The appellant had owned a delicatessen shop but more recently had been engaged in retailing and wholesaling fish cakes, deviled crabs, clams, etc. Prior to the date appellant left his family, to wit, September 2, 1938, he had been giving his wife $20 per week and, in addition, paid the rent, gas, electricity, and other bills incidental to keeping up the home. At the time he left he…