Commonwealth v. Speer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 63, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of County Court of Allegheny Co., No. 1005, 1918, awarding order of support in case of Commonwealth ex reí. Milly I. Speer v. William A. Speer. Petition for order of support. Before Kennedy, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below made an order of support. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1) overruling plea of res adjudicata, (2) judgment awarding order of support.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
In November, 1914, Milly I. Speer made a complaint in Indiana County against her husband, the appellant, charging him with desertion and nonsupport from July of that year. In the following December the court of quarter sessions of the county found him guilty of desertion and made an order upon him for the support of his wife. He failed to comply with this order after October, 1915, and in December, 1916, she presented her petition to the court, asking that he be compelled by attachment to pay her the arrearages due. In September of the following year, after a…
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