Thedford v. Reade

Previous to February 16, 1897, the defendant lived with his wife, Martha A. Reade, in a house, which he had given her as a wedding present, at Ho. 158 West Eighty-fifth street, in this city. In the fall of the previous year, defendant or his said wife had ordered, for their family use in said house, twenty tons of coal of the plaintiff, for which defendant had paid. About said 16th day of February, 1897, defendant became afflicted with a mental illness, and left his home in this city for a sanitarium to be there treated for his illness. He subsequently became insane, and on or about August…