Chenow v. Aliota

Sec. 330.22 (2), Stats., provides that an action for damages for alienation of affections shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action has accrued.

The basis of a cause of action for the alienation of a wife’s affections is loss of consortium — the wife’s companionship and society, and her duties, such as conjugal affection and assistance, toward her husband. When the loss of con sortium occurs, the cause of action accrues and the statute of limitations begins to run. Kasper v. Enich (1953), 265 Wis. 318, 61 N. W. (2d) 315; Harris v. Kunkel (1938), 227 Wis. 435, 278 N. W. 868;…