Commonwealth v. May
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 57, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from order of Municipal Court of Philadelphia, Oct. T., 1919, No. 2153, granting an order of support in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex relator Ida Koutsoumbos or May v. George P. May. Petition for order of support for wife and two minor children. Before McNichol, J. The facts are stated in the opinion óf the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 57, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from order of Municipal Court of Philadelphia, Oct. T., 1919, No. 2153, granting an order of support in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex relator Ida Koutsoumbos or May v. George P. May. Petition for order of support for wife and two minor children. Before McNichol, J. The facts are stated in the opinion óf the Superior Court. The court ordered the defendant to pay to his wife, Ida May, the sum of $500 for the support of herself and two minor children and enter security in the sum of $2,500 in the faithful compliance of the order.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
Appellant complains of an order of the municipal court requiring him to pay $500 a month to maintain his wife and two children; it is the second order made in the proceeding. The first order was made October 20, 1919, and provided for the support of his wife and oné child, another child having been born since.
The suit is authorized by the Act of April 13, 1867, P. L. 78, requiring a husband to maintain his wife and children. Section 11 of the Act of July 12, 1913, P. L. 711, amended July 17, 1917, P. L. 1015, gives exclusive jurisdiction to the municipal court: “In all…
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