Commonwealth ex rel. Horwitz v. Horwitz
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 168, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from order of tbe Municipal Court of Philadelphia, June T., 1920, No. 1301, requiring defendant to pay $90 per month for support of his grandchild, in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Ruth Horwitz v. Abraham Horwitz. Petition for order to increase amount for support. Before Bartlett, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 168, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from order of tbe Municipal Court of Philadelphia, June T., 1920, No. 1301, requiring defendant to pay $90 per month for support of his grandchild, in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Ruth Horwitz v. Abraham Horwitz. Petition for order to increase amount for support. Before Bartlett, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court directed the defendant to pay $90 a month! for the support of his grandchild. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were the original and supplemental orders of the court. The jurisdiction…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
An order was made against the defendant directing payment of twenty dollars per month for the support of his grandchild. Subsequently, upon petition, this amount was increased to ninety dollars.
The appellant contends that the court had no authority to make an order for more than twenty dollars. The Act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 547, section 28, provides that the grandfather, among others, of every poor person not able to work, shall, if of sufficient ability, relieve and maintain such poor person at such rate as the court of quarter sessions shall direct on pain of…
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