Dodge v. Rush
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
HeaeiNg on. an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on a verdict directed by the court, in an action to recover damages for the alienation of the affections of the plaintiff’s husband and for criminal conversation. The Couet in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an action for damages for the alienation of the affections of plaintiff’s husband, and for criminal.conversation.
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HeaeiNg on. an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on a verdict directed by the court, in an action to recover damages for the alienation of the affections of the plaintiff’s husband and for criminal conversation. The Couet in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an action for damages for the alienation of the affections of plaintiff’s husband, and for criminal.conversation. The declaration of the appellant, Annie J. Dodge, as plaintiff below, is in three counts. Count 1 alleges the marriage of plaintiff with one Arthur J.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepabd
Whateyer may have been the foundations of the ancient rule of the common law which denied the wife a right of action for the alienation of the affection of her husband, and consequent loss of consortium, the reasons assigned for making a distinction between the right of the husband and the right of the wife in such case has long ceased to exist. The modern rule is thus well stated by the court of appeals of New York: “The actual injury to the wife from the loss of consortium, which is the basis of the action, is the same as the actual injury to the husband from that cause. His right to the…
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