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The Shocking Lawsuit Of A Wife Tricked By Her Husband Into Pulling Her Teeth To Save Money On Food
In 1928, A Chicago woman made headlines by taking her husband to court after he refused to buy her dentures after he had her get her teeth removed so he could save on the weekly grocery bill
Tricking somebody into doing something for your benefit is a tricky proposition. It may be a way to get what you want, but comes at the expense of integrity, and in some cases even legal jeopardy. This all gets even worse when such underhandedness occurs between a married couple. One Chicago man found that out the hard way almost a century ago when he had to answer to a judge and pay the price for bamboozling his wife to have her teeth pulled so he could save money on food.
The April 13, 1928 issue of The American Guardian told the story of Chicagoan Mathias Blau. His wife Helen was having some problems with her teeth, so he convinced her the best course of action was to have them all pulled and then replaced with dentures.
The suffering woman went to the dentist and had her teeth pulled as planned. During her convalescence, she was able to eat little more than soup. Her husband came to enjoy the savings he noticed…
