Wilder v. Brokaw
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William Gould Brokaw, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plain till, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 26tli day of April, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an. order entered in said 'clerk’s office on the 25th day of April, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The judgment re'sts upon an innkeeper’s charge for the keep of the wife of the defendant when she was living apart from her husband. Within a day or .two after the' coming of Mrs. Brokaw to the inn, her sister came also, whereupon a larger apartment was assigned to Mrs. Brokaw to accommodate the sister, who remained with Mrs. Brokaw throughout her stay of more than a month. The; *812lodging and the board of the sister weré charged in the one account.The claim was-for $1,352, and, as the verdict is for $1,409.28, it is. "evident that the jury found in the full amount, so' that we 'have…
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