Rishel v. Rishel

Citations

• 24 Pa. Super. 303
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 172

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Evidence—Loss of evidence — Loss of report of master — Reversal of decree.</p> <p>Where, after a master’s report in divorce had been hastily examined by the court, and referred back to the master to take additional testimony, much of the testimony and the first report are lost, the court cannot properly) from its impression of the first report, and its consideration of the testimony not lost and the final report of the master, enter a decree of divorce. If it does so, such decree will be reversed by the appellate court.</p> <p>The law requires full proof of a sufficient cause for divorce, and a careful examination by the courts of all the testimony. This duty is as imperative on the courts of last resort as it is on the common pleas.</p>