Commonwealth v. Parker
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 88, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from order of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia, Feb. T., 1914, No. 46, refusing to vacate order of support in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Sarah E. Parker v. Horace L. Parker. Rule to vacate order of support. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.1 Error assigned was order refusing to vacate decree.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The appellant filed his petition in the municipal court setting forth that, by virtue of a desertion proceeding theretofore begun by his former wife, the court of quarter sessions of the same county had made an order or decree directing him to pay a certain weekly sum for the support of his said wife. The petition further averred that for a considerable time after the entry of the said order he had paid the installments as they fell due, and he had then been awarded a decree of absolute divorce from his former wife, by virtue of which the marital relation theretofore…
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