Case Name: KISSINGER v. JACOBS
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-12-09
Citations: 113 N.Y.S. 819
Docket Number: 
Parties: KISSINGER v. JACOBS.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 113
Pages: 819–820

Head Matter:
KISSINGER v. JACOBS.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
December 9, 1908.)
Husband and Wife (§ 138 )—Agency of Husband fob Wife—Evidence.
Where plaintiff did work and furnished materials on the order of defendant’s husband, that defendant was present when her husband gave the order, and that he consulted with her in reference to it, was not sufficient to charge her with liability for payment therefor.
[Ed. Note.—Eor other cases, see Husband and Wife, Cent. Dig. § 527; Dec. Dig. § 138.*]
MacLean, J., dissenting.
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, First District.
Action by Jacob Kissinger against Millie Jacobs. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Reversed, and new trial ordered.
Argued before GILDERSLEEVE, P. J., and MacLEAN and SEA-BURY, JJ.
Theodore Kiendl (James A. Smyth, of counsel), for appellant.
John T. Booth, for respondent.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
SEABURY, J.
The evidence upon which this judgment was rendered against the defendant is altogether insufficient to sustain it. The plaintiff sued for the value of work performed in repairing machinery and for furnishing materials. The evidence shows that the plaintiff did this work and furnished the materials pursuant to the order of the defendant's husband. The fact that the defendant was present when her husband gave the order, and that he consulted with her in reference to it, is not sufficient to charge her with liability for her husband's debt.
The judgment is reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide Jhe event.
GIEDERSLEEVE, P. J., concurs.