Haynes v. Nowlin

The question which the record presents

arises upon the ruling of the trial court sustaining a demurrer to the appellant’s complaint. The question which requires our consideration and judgment is this: Can a married woman maintain an action against one who wrongfully entices her husband from her and alienates his affections ?

It was- the boast of the common law that “ there is no *582right without a remedy,” and, in the main, this boast was not an idle one, but was made good by the vindication of legal rights in almost all instances where the right was appropriately presented for judicial…