Burt v. McBain

Error .is brought in this case to reverse a judgment ren^dered for a slander alleged to have been uttered of the plaintiff, Susan A. McBain, who is an infant, by Amina. Burt, the wife of Wellington B. Burt, who is joined with her' as defendant in the action.

*262One of the errors assigned raises the question of the right in this state to join the husband as defendant in an action for the wife’s tort. It is claimed that such joinder is inconsistent with our statutes which secure to the wife the ownership and control of all the property owned by her at the time of the marriage or in any manner…