Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1791

Thompson v. Thompson

Thompson v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided July 1, 1791
2 U.S. 128 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Serjeant, for the libellant,

Thompson v. Thompson

Opinion of the Court

The Court

inclined to think, that even after sentence, the mere offer of the husband would not, in all cases, be a cause for suspending it; and that the act left them a discretion, upon the offer being made, to hear the wife, and to continue the sentence *129in full force, if the circumstances of the case required it: (a) But they were clearly of opinion, that the defendant’s answer was insufficient, and thereupon decreed a divorce from bed and board. As to Alimony, the defendant not being prepared up that point.

Curia advisare vult.

Vide 3 Atk. 295. Head versus Head.

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