Legal Opinion

Hartjen v. Ruebsamen

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided January 15, 1897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from a ■ judgment rendered by the justice of the Eleventh Judicial District Court, in favor of the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtBischoef, J.

This action was brought to recover the amount of . a bill, rendered to the defendant by the plaintiff. for clothing furnished to the former’s wife by the latter, and the propriety of the recovery by the plaintiff in the court below is challenged, principally, upon the ground that there was no agency in the defendant’s wife'to bind him, he and his wife having separated prior to the date when this clothing was furnished, because, apparently, of the wife’s unjustifiable refusal to live, with the husband.

If based merely upon the husband’s duty to provide,his, wife with necessaries, and the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Claflin v. . LenheimNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  2. Blowers v. SturtevantNew York Supreme Court · 1847
  3. Bloomingdale v. BrinckerhoffNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1892
  4. Catlin v. . MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1877

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bostwick v. BrowerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1898
  2. AnonymousAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1897
  3. M. v. W.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1897

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