Pierce v. Pierce

Houck, J.,

This case is now before the court in banc on exceptions by both the plaintiff and defendant to the action of the chancellor. The plaintiff and defendant were married Dec. 16, 1912. On July 5, 1921, certain real estate in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, was purchased for the sum of $23,000 and title was taken in the joint names of plaintiff and defendant as husband and wife. On April 14, 1924, on the defendant’s libel alleging adultery, plaintiff and defendant were legally divorced from the bonds of matrimony. On June 4, 1925, plaintiff applied to the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of…