Hughes v. Chadwick

The plaintiffs commenced their suit before a justice of the peace, and judgment being given against them for costs, appealed to the county court. Upon the trial in that court, it appeared that the account of the plaintiffs was created by the wife, by the purchase of a calico dress, and there being no proof of any consent by the husband, that bis wife should purchase goods on his account, and he being examined as a witness, and denying that he ever gave such a permission to her, the court rendered judgment for the defendant, from which a writ of error was prosecuted to- the circuit court,…