Baker v. Oughton

It is admitted that defendant drove his wife and their infant child from his home in the nighttime, and that the wife took the infant with her to the home of her sister, the wife of the plaintiff. The evidence tends to show without substantial conflict that when thus driven from defendant’s house the wife and child were in their night-clothes, or at any rate without adequate clothing, and that they took nothing with them save what they had on. The action is to recover for clothing and board, and also for medical attendance and nursing, furnished to the wife and child by the plaintiff during…