Clifton Springs Sanitarium Co. v. Watkins

Order and judgment unanimously *945reversed, on the law, with costs, and plaintiffs motion denied. Memorandum: Plaintiff seeks recovery for the value of medical services rendered to defendant’s 16-year-old daughter. In opposition to plaintiffs motion for summary judgment, defendant contended that he is not responsible for payment of the debt because his daughter is emancipated. He submitted an affidavit in which he asserted that more than a year before the medical services were rendered, the daughter had left the family residence, without good cause, in order to escape parental authority and…