Mott v. Comstock
New York Supreme Court
Action against a husband for necessaries furnished his wife. The cause was submitted to referees, who made a report against the defendant, which he moved to set aside.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sutherland, J.
The evidence shews that the defendant provided for his wife, although they did not actually live together. He furnished her with a house in his immediate neighborhood, and sent or took her meals to her regularly; and there is nothing to shew that the supply was not abundant and of good quality, except the complaint of the wife herself, in an altercation with her husband in the store of the plaintiff, when the defendant expressly forbade the plaintiff to give credit to his wife. The parties were both excited, and the declaration of the defendant on that occasion,…
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