Hench v. Jefford

Barnett, P. J.,

This is an action in trespass against a husband to recover for injuries suffered by the plaintiff through an assault and battery committed by the defendant’s wife, in his absence. The defendant has filed an affidavit of defense in the nature of a demurrer, denying liability for his wife’s tort.

The plaintiff’s statement of claim, alleging that the defendant is and for more than 10 years last past has been the husband of Elsie Jefford, residing with her in New Bloomfield, Pa., and that the aforesaid Elsie Jefford, “as the *502result of an obsession or delusion of her mind, and…