Illingworth v. Burley

This action was brought to recover from appellee the rent of a house in which she lived with her husband. Tlie house was rented by the husband about the 1st of August, 1885, and it was occupied by appellee with her said husband till the date of his death, which occurred August 22, 1886. Appellee continued to reside in the house for a month after her husband’s deatn, and for that month she paid the rent, but refused to pay for the time during which her husband was living. The trial court held her not liable. The question is, whether rent of a house occupied by the family is a family expense…