Sacknoff v. Sacknoff

Action on the case for negligence, reported on an Agreed Statement of Facts. By stipulation of the parties and by the certificate, judgment as here rendered is final.

The facts stated show that on April 5, 1931, the plaintiff, while riding as a guest in the defendant’s automobile,was injured through the negligence of her husband who, temporarily in the defendant’s employ, was driving the car. Due care on the part of the plaintiff is conceded.

Under the common law, a husband and wife were deemed to be one person and, while the marriage relation continued, the legal *282identity of the wife was…