Smith v. Snapp’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““ ‘ “The author believes that under these statutes the wife is liable for the funeral expenses and those incurred during her husband’s last illness even where she has not directly contracted for them, and that the Court will finally so hold, where the husband has no estate.” ’ “With this, the Court agrees * * *.” 3 Id. at 320 , 16 O.O. 2d at 305, 175 N.E. 2d at 335 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 38 Ohio App. 3d 21 - Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital v. Oleksik