Board of Supervisors v. Budlong
New York Supreme Court
THE defendant is the husband of Clarissa Budlong, with whom he intermarried over thirty years ago. He is a farmer, worth about $8000, and for many years has lived on his farm in the town of Perm ton, Monroe county.
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THE defendant is the husband of Clarissa Budlong, with whom he intermarried over thirty years ago. He is a farmer, worth about $8000, and for many years has lived on his farm in the town of Perm ton, Monroe county. On the 16th day of June, 1864, the said Clarissa was living at the house of Daniel T. Staples, her son-in-law, in said town, and on that day, the overseers of the poor of said town, made application to Hon. John C. Chumaseroy Monroe county judge, alleging that she was a person in indigent circumstances; not a pauper; and had become insane. Thereupon, proceedings concerning her…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, E. Darwin Smith, J.
Upon the evidence given at the trial, and that- offered by the defendant and excluded, it is difficult to see upon what principle the verdict for the plaintiff can be sustained.
Upon such evidence, assuming that the defendant could have proved what he offered, it appears that the defendant’s wife, prior to April 1, 1860, without cause and Without consent on his part, and against his remonstrance, deserted his bed and board and went to live with her children by a former husband, and continued thereafter to live with said children, one after another, till she was…
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