Riegger v. Bruton Brewing Co.

Is a husband’s employer liable to an employee’s wife for injuries sustained by her as the result of her husband’s negligence while acting within the scope of his employment? This question, which the parties to this appeal agree was raised before the lower court and by that tribunal answered in the negative, must now be determined by this court for the first time, and is raised by this appeal of the plaintiff below from a judgment entered by the trial court after sustaining, without leave to amend, the demurrer of the appellee (defendant below) to appellant’s declaration.

At the outset it is…