Commonwealth Ex Rel. Betz v. Betz

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

We have read and considered all the pleadings and testimony in this voluminous proceeding, going back to its inception in 1927. As the appeal was allowed in forma pauperis we have had to read the original record. It is a proceeding for support under the Act of April 13, 1867, P. L. 78.

The appellant, Mary B. Betz, and the appellee, John P. Betz, Jr., were manned at Cumberland, Maryland, on November 25,1925. Mrs. Betz was then 31 years old and her husband 35 years old. He was a lawyer, practicing in Philadelphia, but also a member of the Bucks County Bar. His father and…