Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Berfield
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 9, 1946No. Appeal, 69PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
The parties to this proceeding 1 were married in Pennsylvania in 1905 and have been domiciled in this State. In a proceeding under the Act of April 13, 1867, P. L. 78, defendant was ordered to pay his wife, the relatrix, $50 per month for her support. For failure to comply with the order, the court on December 28, 1945, adjudged him in contempt and his person was attached. Later, on February 6, 1946, the court modified this order by directing that he be purged of the contempt upon payment of the arrearages at the rate of $50 per month to August 11, 1945, and at the rate of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Esenwein v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. EsenweinSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Moorehead's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Esenwein v. EsenweinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Riverside Trust Co. v. TwitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Hisquierdo v. HisquierdoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Cartledge v. MillerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Roviello v. RovielloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Hollman v. HollmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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