Parent and child — Support — Agreement to support minor child — Assumpsit — Judgment — Attachment of parent's wages — Act of April 15, 1845, P. L. 459.
1. The Act of April 15, 1845, P. L. 459 (which provides that "the wages of any laborer or the salary of any person in public or private employment shall not be liable to attachment in the hands of the employer"), prohibits attachment execution of a father's salary on a judgment in assumpsit for arrearages in payments of support for a minor child provided for in a separation agreement between the parents. [239-42]
2. Commonwealth ex rel. Deutsch v. Deutsch, 347 Pa. 66, distinguished. [241-2]
OPINION PER CURIAM, November 8, 1954:
The order of the court below is affirmed on the able opinion of Judge SOFFEL.