Brazell v. Hearn

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

Under the ruling stated in the syllabus, and the rule that a-party’s testimony, where doubtful or contradictory, is to be taken most strongly against him, the plaintiff failed to show the agency of the husband, or any special contract with the defendant wife to become independently liable for the necessaries and goods charged to her account, or any subsequent express or implied ratification by her, during the life of the husband, of the acts of the husband and the plaintiff merchant, with any knowledge of the facts upon her part. Nor does such an implied…