Dorsett v. Dorsett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 91, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Fourth Term, 1908, No. 468, dismissing bill in equity in case of Samuel Dorsett v. Elizabeth Dorsett. Bill in equity for an injunction, an account, and for a conveyance of real estate. Before Swearingen, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Errors assigned were (1) decree dismissing the bill and, (2) refusal to permit the plaintiff to testify.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is a bill in equity filed by the plaintiff against his wife praying for an account and that the defendant be restrained from transferring or incumbering the real estate described in *335the bill and be decreed to hold the undivided one-half thereof in trust for plaintiff and be directed to convey the same to him. It is averred that “ in August, 1905, defendant deserted the plaintiff and separated herself from him without sufficient cause and has not lived with or had any marital relations with him since.” The defendant filed a responsive answer which denied…
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