Hollywood Credit Clothing Co. v. Laredo

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

The question is whether a merchant produced sufficient evidence to create liability on the part of a husband for merchandise sold to his wife. The suit was filed against both husband and wife, and default judgment was taken against the wife. The husband contested the claim, and as to him there was a trial, resulting in finding in his favor, entered at the end of plaintiff’s case.

According to the very brief statement of evidence, 1 this was plaintiff’s case: The wife, called as plaintiff’s witness, identified a sales contract bearing her signature, “Mrs. Mary V. Laredo,”…