Annis v. Manthey

This action was brought to recover the sale price of a fur coat which was sold to the defendant’s wife and charged to him on the 15th day of August, 1921. The defendant is a dentist engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of Detroit, from which he derives a net income of $350 a month. At the time the coat was purchased he and his wife, Hilda Manthey, were living apart. Divorce proceedings were pending. It was the doctor’s claim that he had furnished his wife all necessaries suitable.to his social standing and financial worth, and that, under the circumstances, she had no…