Smith v. Smith

Plaintiff replevied from defendant, who is his wife, a number of items of household furniture which he had left in her possession in the dwelling which they had occupied jointly as a boarding-house, and which he departed from. The value of the articles was less than $100, and the jury found the important facts referred to specially. The court below held that if the parties were not living together when suit was commenced, and if defendant was owner of $1200 worth of property of her own, and was not using this property for household purposes, plaintiff could recover. The jury found a general…