Goodson v. Powell
| Citation | 71 S.E. 765,9 Ga.App. 497 |
| Decision Date | 29 June 1911 |
| Docket Number | 3,320. |
| Parties | GOODSON v. POWELL et al. |
| Court | United States Court of Appeals (Georgia) |
Syllabus by the Court.
While a wife has prima facie authority to bind her husband in the purchase of necessaries for herself and their children, still the husband is not bound, when it affirmatively appears that the tradesman contracted with the wife individually, and extended the credit to her in her individual capacity, and that both parties to the contract so understood. Mitchell v. Treanor, 11 Ga. 324, 56 Am.Dec. 421.
mError from Superior Court, Walker County; Jno. W. Maddox, Judge.
Action by A. T. Powell and others against H. C. Goodson. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error. Reversed.
D. F. Pope and Jno. W. Bale, for plaintiff in error.
Earl Jackson and W. M. Henry, for defendants in error.
Judgment reversed.
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