Case Name: William J. McDermott, Respondent, v. William Johnston Books, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1926-04-24
Citations: 128 Misc. 17
Docket Number: 
Parties: William J. McDermott, Respondent, v. William Johnston Books, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 128
Pages: 17–18

Head Matter:
William J. McDermott, Respondent, v. William Johnston Books, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
April 24, 1926.
Percy F. Griffin, for the appellant.
Respondent in person.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Judgment unanimously reversed upon the law, with thirty dollars costs to appellant, and complaint dismissed, with appropriate costs in the court below.
Where a wife has left her husband and is living apart from him without justification and he maintains a home where he is wEling to support her, he is not liable even for necessaries furnished to her. Where husband and wife are living together, the wife has implied authority to pledge his credit for necessaries. Where they are separated and living apart, she has no such authority and the burden is upon any one seeking to hold the. husband for necessaries furnished to the wife to show that the separation was due to the fault of the husband. (Constable v. Rosener, 82 App. Div. 155; affd., 178 N. Y. 587; Buxbaum v. Mason, 48 Misc. 396; Altman & Co. v. Durland, 185 App. Div. 114; Bostwick v. Brower, 22 Misc. 709.)
Present, Cropsey, MacCrate and Lewis, JJ.