Kasper v. Enich

Sec. 330.22 (2), Stats., provides that all actions for damages for alienation of affections shall be commenced within one year from the date the cause of action accrues. The question here is whether Such a cause of action accrued when plaintiff’s wife was induced to leave their home or when judgment of divorce was entered. The present action was commenced July 10, 1951.

The basis of the husband’s right of action is loss of consortium. 42 C. J. S., Husband and Wife, p. 318, sec. 665. As stated in Anno. 173 A. L. R. 772 :

“While the courts are not entirely in agreement upon some features of the…