Estey v. Mawdsley

This action was brought under § 52-435 of the General Statutes.1 The issues were *492found for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed, assigning error in the court’s finding and in its conclusion that a married woman could maintain a cause of action under the statute. The defendant abandoned his attack on the finding, and the only question before us is whether a married woman can maintain a cause of action under the statute in effect when this action was commenced.

The facts essential to the question before us may be briefly stated as follows: The plaintiff separated from her husband in…