B. Gertz, Inc. v. Beyer

This is an action by a department store against an alleged husband and wife for a balance due in the sum of $252.95 for goods sold and delivered to the alleged wife upon the credit of the alleged husband.

The defendant, Wilma Beyer, is a widow, fifty-three years of age. The defendant, William Schneider, is a widower, fifty-five years of age. In 1949, they met and commenced a clandestine relationship. In June, 1950, while away together on a trip to Vermont, they wrote to their respective children that they had married, which, however, was untrue. Upon their return to Flushing, New York, he…