White v. White
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal front a judgment of the circuit court for Wau-kesha county: Martin L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. This is an action by the plaintiff, who is the wife of Frederick E. White, Jr., for the alleged cause of action that the-defendants maliciously, wrongfully, and wickedly confederated, conspired, and agreed to alienate and destroy the love- and affection of Fredeñck E. White, Jr., for plaintiff as his. wife, and to induce him to desert her, and to prevent him. from providing her…
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Appeal front a judgment of the circuit court for Wau-kesha county: Martin L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. This is an action by the plaintiff, who is the wife of Frederick E. White, Jr., for the alleged cause of action that the-defendants maliciously, wrongfully, and wickedly confederated, conspired, and agreed to alienate and destroy the love- and affection of Fredeñck E. White, Jr., for plaintiff as his. wife, and to induce him to desert her, and to prevent him. from providing her the necessaries of life and of discharging-toward her the duties of a husband. It is alleged that the-defendants, to…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckeR, J.
The defendants contend that the court erroneously held that plaintiff’s husband was a proper party *543• defendant and a party to the conspiracy for the alienation and •loss of his affection and society. Sec. 2345, Stats. (1898), -as amended by ch. 17, Laws of 1905, provides that: “She [a wife] may also bring and maintain an action in her own mame, and for her own benefit, for the alienation and the loss of the affection and society of her husband.” This statute, •which confers rights on a married woman to maintain an action in her own name as to her separate property, business, ipersonal…
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