County of Brown v. Siebert, Jr.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the district court of Brown copnty sustaining a demurrer to its complaint. The action is one to recover for necessaries furnished the wife of the defendant during the period of her desertion by her husband.

In 1907 the defendant abandoned and deserted his wife, left the state, and continued his desertion until the time of her death on March 8, 1927. From 1928 to 1927 the plaintiff county furnished her necessary means of subsistence of the reasonable value of $244. The defendant at all times was of sufficient financial responsibility to support his wife and…