Commonwealth Ex Rel. Davidoff v. Davidoff

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

In this proceeding under §733 of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 PS §4733, the court ordered the defendant to pay $35 per week for the support of his wife. The facts fall into a familiar pattern and no novel legal question is involved. The order will be affirmed.

The parties were both public school teachers in Philadelphia and had been friends for more than six years. But within a few weeks after the wedding ceremony in September 1953 the defendant indicated that he regretted his marriage contract. Marital relations then ceased and he said to her: “I don’t want you.…