Legal Opinion

Bowen v. Bowen

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 11, 1936No. Appeal 300PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

It has been the practice, at least since the case of Breinig v. Breinig, 26 Pa. 161, to allow a wife, without a separate estate of her own who is defending an action of divorce, such reasonable sum as. will enable her to present her case, to the. end that justice be not denied her. The amount to be allowed her for her defense was said in that case to be “a question for the discretion of the court.” It is only in unusual cases, when a clear abuse of that discretion is apparent, that we will, interfere with the amount thus allowed.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Breinig v. BreinigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Shuman v. ShumanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  2. Morgan v. MorganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. Campana v. CampanaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  4. Wargo v. WargoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Konetzny v. Konetzny, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1945

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