Hinton Department Co. v. Lilly

HatoheR, Judge :

This case involves the liability of a husband for goods sold and charged to his wife without his consent. He did not deny his legal obligation to supply her with necessaries, but defended on the ground that the purchases were not necessaries; that he had furnished her with sufficient funds for her requirements; that he had forbidden her to trade with the plaintiff and the plaintiff to credit her; that he had directed her to trade at Cook’s store and had arranged credit for her there, and that the goods were sold to her by plaintiff solely on her own credit. The jury found in…