Legal Opinion

Scott v. Scott

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 4, 1939No. Appeal, 212PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Cruel and barbarous treatment and indignities to the person are the charges in this action in divorce. The case was tried before a judge, and the court found that there had not been proven by competent testimony any one act or series of acts of the respondent justifying a decree of divorce on either ground. Accordingly a divorce was. refused and the libel dismissed. After a thorough scrutiny of all of the testimony we agree with this conclusion.

It is admitted that within seven months after the marriage on October 1, 1913, dissension arose and the libellant left the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Esenwein v. EsenweinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  2. Edmond's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  3. Esenwein v. EsenweinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Briggs v. BriggsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Garroway v. GarrowaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Harding v. HardingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  4. Orme v. OrmeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  5. Rausch v. RauschSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941

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