McGrath v. Donnelly

Citations

• 131 Pa. 549
• 20 A. 382
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 1220

Syllabus

<p>Affirmed at Bar.</p> <p>1. Where goods, such as groceries, necessary for the uses of a family, are purchased by a wife and charged to her husband, the latter, unless notice was given to the merchant not to sell to his wife on his ci'edit, is x-esponsible for them.</p> <p>2. Even where such notice was given and remains unrevoked, it will be effective to relieve the husband from liability only when he himself has furnished all the means that were requisite to purchase such supplies.</p> <p>3. Under evidence as to the amount of the bill charged, the character of the goods purchased, and the cix-cumstances of the family, the questioxx whether the husband had failed to supply such necessaries was propex-ly a question for the jury.</p>