Commonwealth v. McDermott

Citations

• 75 Pa. Super. 408
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 31

Syllabus

<p>Husband and wife — Gommon-law marriage — Insufficient proof— ■ — Maintenance.</p> <p>On a petition to the Municipal Court of Philadelphia for support, on the allegation that the complainant was the common-law wife of the defendant, it appeared that the parties had commenced their illicit relations while the petitioner was married to another man, and that they had continued them after her divorce, and that no marriage had ever taken place. Under such circumstances, the testimony to establish the marriage is insufficient, and an order granting support will be reversed.</p>