Landers v. Landers

The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile owned and operated by her husband, the defendant, in Lynchburg, Virginia, and that she sustained injuries owing to his gross negligence when he lost con trol of Ms automobile, as a result of which it went off the highway and crashed into a creek.

Both parties were then and are now residents of and domiciled in Connecticut. The defendant demurred to the complaint on the ground that under the law of Virginia a wife lacks the capacity to sue her husband in negligence for personal injuries. The court sustained the demurrer…