Opinion
September 16, 1963.
November 13, 1963.
Husband and Wife — Support — Defendant entitled to divorce — Evidence — Indignities to the person.
In a proceeding for the support of relatrix and the parties' younger daughter, in which it appeared that the court below resolved the issue of the credibility of the parties in favor of defendant, and found that relatrix was guilty of various courses of conduct constituting indignities to the person of defendant, in that she frequently made unfounded accusations of misconduct on his part with other women, threatened to cause trouble for him (a Pennsylvania State Policeman) with his superior officers, interminably hounded him with vile and obscene gutter-type opprobrium, and otherwise continuously manifested her settled hate, estrangement and disdain, and that the instant proceeding, involving defendant's arrest for nonsupport, was spitefully instigated by relatrix even though defendant was at the time providing adequate support; and that the court below entered an order against defendant for the support of the daughter, but refused to find liability in favor of relatrix, on the ground that defendant had established ground for divorce; it was Held that the order of the court below should be affirmed.
Before RHODES, P.J., ERVIN, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY and FLOOD, JJ.
Appeal, No. 181, Oct. T., 1963, from order of Court of Quarter Sessions of Bucks County, Jan. T., 1963, No. 3, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Mary Friedrich v. John Friedrich. Order affirmed.
Same case in court below: 31 Pa. D. C. 2d 488.
Nonsupport. Before SATTERTHWAITE, J.
Order entered refusing support for wife but directing payment of weekly sum for support of minor child. Petitioner appealed.
William R. Cooper, II, with him J. Franklin Hartzel, for appellant.
David H. Kubert, with him William L. Goldman, for appellee.
Argued September 16, 1963.
The order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Bucks County is affirmed on the opinion of Judge EDWIN H. SATTERTHWAITE for the court below, reported at 31 Pa. D. C. 2d 488.