Does a husband who supplies his wife with necessaries or the funds therefor need to repay his credit?

"New York", United States of America

The following excerpt is from B. GERTZ, INC., v. Beyer, 206 Misc. 657 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 1954):

A husband who supplies his wife with necessaries or the funds therefor, is not responsible to those who supply her with necessaries upon his credit. (Elder v. Rosenwasser, 238 N.Y. 427; Oatman v. Watrous, 120 App. Div. 66.)

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