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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 120
    First Publication of this Case
    THORNTON v. PORTER
    No. 20265.
    Supreme Court
    On motion to certify.
    Dock. Jan. 12, 1927,
    5 Abs. 43.
    615. HUSBAND & WIFE — Are funeral expenses of deceased wife payable out of her estate, or must husband pay same out of his own funds when able to do so?
    Attorneys — F. E. Cherrington for Thornton; R. M. Switzer for Porter; both of Gallipolis.
   Thornton contends in the Supreme Court that a deceased wife’s estate should bear all costs of funeral expenses and that he should not be liable for same.