Appeals of Detrick
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEALS FROM THE DECREES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MONROE COUNTY. Nos. 19, 20 July Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 13 December Term 1884 and No. 1 February Term 1885, C. P. On November 7, 1884, a subpoena in divorce a vinculo matrimonii was issued upon a libel filed by Moses Detrick against Maggie Detrick, his wife, averring the marriage of the libellant and the respondent on January 3, 1864, and that the respondent, on September 22,1865, had wilfully and…
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APPEALS FROM THE DECREES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MONROE COUNTY. Nos. 19, 20 July Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 13 December Term 1884 and No. 1 February Term 1885, C. P. On November 7, 1884, a subpoena in divorce a vinculo matrimonii was issued upon a libel filed by Moses Detrick against Maggie Detrick, his wife, averring the marriage of the libellant and the respondent on January 3, 1864, and that the respondent, on September 22,1865, had wilfully and maliciously deserted and absented himself from the habitation of the libellant without any just or reasonable cause, and in…
1Opinion of the Court
Number 19.
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Paxson:
This was an appeal from the decree of the court below dismissing the complaint and libel of the appellant, Moses Detrick, praying for a divorce from his wife, Margaret Detrick.
The petition of the libellant alleges that he was married to the respondent on January 3, 1864, and that on September 22, 1865, the said respondent “ hath wilfully and maliciously deserted and absented herself from the habitation of the petitioner, without any just or reasonble cause, and such desertion hath persisted in for the term of 19 years and upwards, and yet doth continue to…
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