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ESENWEIN v. COMMONWEALTH EX REL. ESENWEIN

No. 20.

325 U.S. 279 (1945)

65 S.Ct. 1118

89 L.Ed. 1608

ESENWEIN v. COMMONWEALTH EX REL. ESENWEIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sidney J. Watts, with whom Mr. Fred C. Houston was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. J. Thomas Hoffman for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the same problem as that which was considered in Williams v. North Carolina, ante, p. 226. There are minor variations of fact, but the considerations which controlled the result in the Williams case govern this.

Petitioner and respondent were married in Pennsylvania in 1899. They separated in 1919 but continued to live there. The wife, respondent, obtained a...

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