Commonwealth v. Gleason

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The respondent has appealed from an order for the support of his wife entered in a proceeding brought by her under §733 of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 PS §4733.

The parties were married in 1920. Children born of the marriage are not involved in this proceeding. Re spondent established a small retail grocery store in 1923 and, daily for fourteen years, his wife, serving as the only clerk, conducted the business from nine in the morning until seven p.m., when respondent relieved her. She did her housework and cared for her family after returning home from the…