New Morgan County Building & Loan Ass'n v. Plemmons

The suit is by a wife to recover damages for trespass and punitive damages for injury to her person. In Engle v. Simmons, 148 Ala. 92, 41 South. 1023, 7 L. R. A. (N. S.) 96, 121 Am. St. Rep. 59, 12 Ann. Cas. 740, it was declared that, irrespective of the ownership of the house, the wife must sue for personal injuries to her inflicted without physical violence by one entering the house occupied by herself and husband. Parker v. Newman, 200 Ala. 103, 107, 75 South. 479. In Republic Iron & Steel Co. v. Self, 192 Ala. 403, 406, 407, 408, 68 South. 328, 329 (L. R. A. 1915F, 516), the court said:

“Bu…