Billing v. Pilcher
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Error to the Jeeeerson Circuit. Assumpsit. Case 119. Case stated. The instructions of the Circuit Court. A wife who is wrongfully turned out ot doors by her husband, carries with her an implied credit, and authority to charge her husband for ne-cessarie3. Those who trust-the wife who has separated from her husband* must look to the grounds of separation; they trust-, the wife oil the-. credit of the husband at their peril, if the separation of the wife he- not justifiable.-
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
Pilcher & Hauser having recovered a judgment against Billing for $25, their fee for services rendered to his wife in filing a bill against him for alimony and divorce, he prosecutes this writ of error for the reversal of the judgment.
It appears that on the 16th of September, 1845, the bill was sworn to by Mrs. Billing, and filed by Pilcher & Hauser, making general charges of cruel, inhuman and barbarous treatment against her husband ; that he had repeatedly laid violent hands upon her, and threatened to do so again; that he threatened to leave her and go to Europe, &c., together with other…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Harttmann v. TegartSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
- Williams v. MonroeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1857