Henderson v. Stringer

Judge Nicholas

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This action was brought for the board and funeral expenses of the defendant’s wife.

She voluntarily left her husband, and for four years previous to her death, lived apart from him — most of the time at her mothers, but for the last six months, at the house of the plaintiff, who was her brother-in-law. During the time she was at plaintiff’s house, she was sick,' and unable to do any thing towards earning a support. She was properly attended till her death, and then buried at the plaintiff’s expense. She had no means of subsistence of her own,…