Choen v. Porter

On petition for a rehearing.

"Worden, C. J.

The appellee has hied a petition for a rehearing in this case, in which it is claimed, as we understand it, that, under our statutes in respect to the rights of married women, the husband is not liable for the torts of his wife, committed without his participation therein. And he has called our attention to the following paragraph in Cooley on Torts, 118, in support of the position: “ In Illinois it has been decided that under the new statutes the husband is not liable for a slander of the wife in which he did not participate, though the statutes on…