Manice v. Randolph
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtMcAvoy, J.
Plaintiff and defendant were married in this State. They have a son sixteen years old. They were divorced in Maine in May, 1919. Since then plaintiff has maintained and supported the child. She has expended $7,500 on this account. She now sues for that sum with interest on one-half from June, 1923.
It was decided in a very early holding that “ A parent is under a natural obligation to furnish necessaries for his infant children; and if the parent neglect that duty, any other person who supplies such necessaries is deemed to have conferred a benefit on the delinquent parent, for which the law…
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