Adams v. Adams

Citations

• 74 Pa. Super. 502
• 1920 Pa. Super. LEXIS 182

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — A limony — Counsel fees — A llowance.</p> <p>The allowance to be made for expenses, counsel fees and alimony-in divorce proceedings, is a matter for the discretion of the court, and the appellate courts will not reverse, in the absence of proof of the abuse of such discretion.</p> <p>Practice, C. P. — Divorce—Answer—Libellous matter — Suppression.</p> <p>An answer to a rule for an increase of alimony, which contains scandalous, impertinent and immaterial matter attacking attorneys not parties to the cause, will be stricken from the record. Ordinarily the court will only order the parts which offend to be stricken from the record, but where almost the entire answer is given over to improper statements, involving the character of numerous persons and the scandalous matter is set forth at great length, the court is entirely within its discretion when it suppresses the answer in its entirety. The records of the court are not to- be converted into machinery for circulation of slander.</p>