Digby v. Digby

This civil action for negligence was brought in the Superior Court by the plaintiff, Lucy Vital Digby, to recover for injuries allegedly sustained when an automobile, which was owned and operated by the defendant Charles Digby and in which she was a passenger, collided with another motor vehicle. Subsequent to that collision, the parties were married, and at the time this action was instituted they were living together as husband and wife. Summary judgment was entered against the plaintiff because of the doctrine of interspousal immunity and the plaintiff appealed.

The only question is whether…