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Blickenstaff v. Blickenstaff

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 5, 1929No. 13,485PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcMahan, C. J.

Complaint by appellant against her husband for damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident received while riding with her husband.

The demurrer was correctly sustained to the complaint for the reason that a married woman cannot sue her husband for personal injuries caused by his negligence. Henneger v. Lomas (1896), 145 Ind. 287, 289, 44 N. E. 462, 32 L. R. A. 848; Schubert v. Schubert Wagon Co. (1928), 249 N. Y. 253, 164 N. E. 42; Thompson v. Thompson (1910), 218 U. S. 611, 31 Sup. Ct. 111, 54 L. Ed. 1180, 30 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1153; Austin v. Austin (1924), 136 Miss. 61, 100 So.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Thompson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Schubert v. August Schubert Wagon Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
  3. Peters v. PetersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Henneger v. LomasIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Heyman v. HeymanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Brooks v. RobinsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Brown v. GosserCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1953
  3. Courtney v. CourtneySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
  4. Estate of Pickens v. PickensIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Staats v. Co-Operative Transit Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1943

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