Doiron v. Doiron

This is an action brought by a wife against her husband to recover for personal injuries sustained in a fall, on May 8, 1964, on premises in Reed’s Ferry, as a result of her husband’s negligence. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the parties were residents of and domiciled in Massachusetts when this action was commenced on October 26, 1965, and that the law of that state, which should determine the issue, prohibits such a cause of action by a wife against her husband.

The parties have agreed, for the purposes of this motion, that “at the time of the accident the plaintiff…