Norcross v. Rodgers
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. The plaintiff’s claim was for the services of his wife, who worked for the defendant under the following circumstances, as found by the auditor. The plaintiff’s wife left him voluntarily, but for what cause it did not appear, about two years before she was employed by the defendant, and ever since leaving him had worked in various places and taken care of herself.
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Book Account. The plaintiff’s claim was for the services of his wife, who worked for the defendant under the following circumstances, as found by the auditor. The plaintiff’s wife left him voluntarily, but for what cause it did not appear, about two years before she was employed by the defendant, and ever since leaving him had worked in various places and taken care of herself. She worked for the defendant for the time mentioned in the plaintiff’s account, for which services the defendant settled with her, and paid her to her satisfaction a fair compensation for her labor. Her earnings were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Poland, J.
The general principles, that a husband is bound to support and maintain his wife, and that he is entitled to her labor and earnings, are undisputed; and while they actually live together in the usual course of that relation, very little difficulty arises in the application of these principles ; but in cases where the legal relation still subsists, but the parties have, in fact, become alienated and separated, and their interests conflict with each other, cases of great perplexity arise. In the present case, it seems from the auditor’s report,…
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