Trousseau v. Cartwright

OPINION OP

FRBAR, J.

While I concur in the conclusion of the Chief Justice, and in the general line of thought pursued by him, yet I desire to-síate my views somewhat differently, though I shall do so but briefly, inasmuch as he has so fully stated much of the law bearing upon the case. I shall consider in order each of the five questions which, in my opinion, must be decided in disposing of the exceptions.

First, the argument against plaintiff’s capacity to bring this action, based as it is upon a supposed absence of statutory authority for suits by a wife against her husband, is sufficiently…