Todd v. Todd
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 273, Jan. T., 1892, by appellant, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1888, No. 23, dismissing libel in divorce. An answer having been filed, the case was referred to Thomas B. Beeves, as master ; and he reported in favor of granting the divorce. The facts appear in the following opinion of the court below, by Pennyracker, J., sustaining exceptions to the master’s report.
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Appeal, No. 273, Jan. T., 1892, by appellant, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1888, No. 23, dismissing libel in divorce. An answer having been filed, the case was referred to Thomas B. Beeves, as master ; and he reported in favor of granting the divorce. The facts appear in the following opinion of the court below, by Pennyracker, J., sustaining exceptions to the master’s report. “ It is admitted that the parties to this proceeding in divorce had had illicit intercourse some time in January, 1885, and that they were married March 12, 1885. The libel charges that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam,
While it may seem harsh to refuse the libelant a divorce, we are clearly of opinion that he has not made out a case within the act of assembly. The learned judge of the court below has given sufficient reasons for his decree, which render a discussion of the case here unnecessary.
The decree is affirmed, and the appeal dismissed at the costs of the appellant.
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