Securo v. Securo

Maxwell, Judge:

The plaintiff, an unemancipated girl of sixteen, residing with her father, the defendant, was injured in an automobile accident while a passenger in her father’s automobile, driven by him. She sues him for damages. The circuit court overruled the defendant’s demurrer to the declaration and has certified to us the question of the sufficiency of the declaration particularly on the point as to whether the plaintiff may maintain this action against her father.

In many of the states the courts have recognized and followed the rule that an unemancipated infant may not maintain an…