Shore v. Bell Tel. Co. of Pa.

Dissenting Opinion b-x

Mr. Justice Musmanno:

After 36 years of employment with the Bell Telephone Company in Philadelphia, Maurice T. Shore died on July 29, 1952, leaving a good record as a workman and a poor one as a husband. He beat his wife and threatened her life, on one occasion taunting her to “put your head in the oven twice and bring it out once.” He consorted with other women and when his wife objected to his immoral conduct he invited her “to get the Hell out.” His meretricious behavior continuing, Mrs. Shore left their common domicile on October 16, *4521845. She returned shortly…