Multer v. Knibbs
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by a husband against the father and mother of his wife for enticing away the plaintiff’s wife and inducing her not to live with him and secreting and harboring her. Writ dated October 19, 1904. In the Superior Court Hitchcock, J. ordered the jury to return a verdict for the defendants; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The verdict for the defendant Lila E. Knibbs was rightly ordered. We find no evidence that anything was done directly by her which trespassed upon the marital rights of the plaintiff; and the presumption of fact by which a husband may sometimes be held to answer for acts wrongfully done by his wife in his presence cannot be so applied as to make her responsible for any of his tortious acts.
But somewhat different considerations are applicable to the case of the male defendant.
In an action of this kind, brought by a husband against the father of his wife, upon the allegations that the defendant…
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