Taylor-Woolfenden Co. v. Atkinson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Lillibridge, J. Assumpsit by the Taylor-Woolfenden Company against James J. Atkinson for goods sold and delivered. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
Action for the price of goods claimed to have been purchased by defendant’s wife on his credit.
1. The court submitted to the jury the question of whether the goods were necessaries, and, if so, whether defendant’s wife had a right to bind him for them because of a failure on his part to furnish her with necessaries, or with the money with which to purchase them. The only testimony on the question of whether defendant furnished his wife with necessaries was his own testimony on cross-examination, to the effect that, during the 18 months covered by this account, he furnished his wife with…
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