O'GRADY v. Potts

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schhoeder, J.:

The question of law presented by this appeal is whether a plaintiff may, after becoming the wife of the defendant, continue to maintain an action against her husband for an alleged tortious act under the guest statute which occurred before the marriage.

The foregoing issue is crystallized by the pleadings of the respective parties.

It is immaterial to relate in detail the various pleadings of the parties, except to state that this is an action by Miss A. R. O’Grady (plaintiff-appellee) seeking to recover damages under the guest statute for…