Commonwealth ex rel. De Burt v. De Burt

Citations

• 7 Pa. Super. 230
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 273

Syllabus

<p>Practice, C. P. — Decree of maintenance not collaterally to be impeached.</p> <p>. A decree of maintenance, issued by the quarter sessions, cannot be reformed or modified in an action by sci. fa. on the recognizance brought in the common pleas. If changed conditions justify modification application therefor must be made properly in the quarter sessions.</p> <p>Judgment sur recognizance — How to be entered.</p> <p>Judgment on a recognizance given for maintenance is properly entered thereon for the full amount in favor of the commonwealth with leave to the relafrix to take out execution for the sum actually due under the decree of court.</p>