Norton v. Rhodes

By the Court, Marvin, P. J.

The question to be considered may be briefly stated. The action is by the superintendents of the poor of Chautauque county against the defendant Rhodes, for boarding, clothing and medical aid furnished to Sally Rhodes, the wife of the defendant. The evidence justified the justice in finding that Rhodes the husband maltreated his wife, and expelled her from his house without just cause, and that he refused *101to provide for her, though of sufficient ability to do so. The plaintiffs, as superintendents, made provision for Her, for a time, in the town where her husband…