Howland Dry Goods Co. v. Welch
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for articles of wearing apparel sold to tlie wife of the defendant, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, Booth, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $132, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover for articles of wearing apparel sold to tlie wife of the defendant, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, Booth, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $132, and appeal by the defendant. The defendant and his wife were married subsequent to April 20th, 1877, and lived together with their two minor children until August 17th, 1916, when the defendant, as a result of domestic troubles, left his wife and children and had not returned to them prior to this trial. Prior to August 10th, 1916, the defendant had provided for a…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The case is based wholly upon the remedy provided by General Statutes, §5275: “and both [husband and wife] shall also be liable when any article purchased by either shall have in fact gone to the support of the family, or for the joint benefit of both, or for the reasonable apparel of the wife, or for her reasonable support, while abandoned by her husband.”
The defendant insists that the last clause of this section, “while abandoned by her husband,” governs all of the preceding clauses, and as no abandonment has been found no action arises. The same question was before us in Paquin v.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Paquin, Ltd. v. WesterveltSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
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