Sears v. Giddey

The question is made in this case whether under the circumstances which will be stated the husband is liable for the undertaker’s bill at the funeral and interment of his wife.

When the wife died, defendant and one Baxter, a son of the wife by a former marriage, went together to the plaintiff, and gave orders for a casket and other goods, and also for hacks for the funeral. Nothing was said respecting payment, or who was to be charged, and defendant no more ordered them than did Baxter. The charge, however, was made to defendant. When the bill was presented to defendant, he refused to pay,…