Russell v. Graumann

Citations

• 40 Wash. 667
• 82 P. 998
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1046

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Dismissal—Bond—Sufficiency—Supersedeas—Fixing by Court. In an action to recover for services, in which the defendant had judgment of dismissal and for $17 costs, the amount of the appeal and supersedeas is determined thereby regardless of a writ of garnishment involving a larger sum; and a bond in the sum of $240 is sufficient.</p> <p>Husband and Wife — Family Expenses — Liability of Wife. Under Bal. Code, § 4508, providing that the expenses of the family are chargeable upon the property of both husband and wife, the wife is liable for hospital charges and medical attendance upon the husband during his last illness, although residing in another state at the time, where there was no positive evidence that the family relation had been severed, but on the contrary it appeared that they were in intimate communication, and after the husband’s death the estate was,- on petition of the wife, set aside as exempt to her for the support of herself and children.</p>