Houck v. La Junta Hardware Co.

The action is by the La Junta Hardware Company against J. T. Houck and Mary J. Houck, husband and wife, to recover for the value of goods and merchandise sold to them, or one of them. It is based on section 3021, Bev. Stats. 1908, which makes expenses of the family chargeable upon the property of both husband and wife, or either of them, and they may be sued thereon either jointly or separately. The buggy, for the balance of the purchase price of which recovery is asked, was sold and delivered by plaintiff to> the husband, and the only ques*229tion is, whether it constitutes, a family expense.…