Carey v. Carey
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 232, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1901, No. 220, refusing divorce in case of Julia E. Carey v. John F. Carey. Libel in divorce for desertion by husband. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was in disapproving report of master ahd in dismissing libel.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The learned judge of the court below disapproved of the report of the master and entered a decree dismissing the libel, without filing an opinion giving his reasons for the conclusion reached. There can be no doubt that, in such a case, it would conduce to the orderty administration of justice if the court below would state the reasons for its action; but the failure to do so is not a sufficient reason for reversing the judgment and entering a different decree. The court below was vested with a discretion to pass upon questions of fact, and the judgment *224ought not to…
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