Baughman v. Baughman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 87, April T., 1907, by libelant, from decree of O. P. Jefferson Co., Jan. T., 1905, No. 54, dismissing libel in divorce in case of Emma Rebecca Baughman v. Robert Isaac Baughman. Libel for divorce. Before Reed, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
On August 28, 1905, a petition for a divorce was presented by the wife on the ground that her husband “ became insane in August, 1887, and was confined under the Act of April 20, 1869, P. L. 78, in the Asylum for the Insane at Warren, Pa., where he remained until December, 1894 ; he was then transferred to the Asylum for the Chronic Insane at Wernersville, Pa., where he has been continuously confined for a period of more than ten years. In November, 1900, he was adjudged, under the Act of June IB, 1836, P. L. 589, to be a lunatic without lucid intervals for more than…
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