Simpson v. Drake

By stipulation of counsel bnt one question is submitted for decision, viz;

Is the husband primarily liable for the medical bills incurred during the last illness of his wife, and for her burial expenses, where she leaves a separate estate?

*82Under the common law it wag the duty of the husband to furnish the wife suitable suport, including medical services during her life, and to bury her when she dies. The duty of burying her was included in the duty of maintaining her.

The common law of England, in so far as it is not inconsistent with our form of government, and not positively and definitely…