Crowell v. . Crowell

Defendant’s petition to rehear, filed in this cause, was referred to the writer, under Rule 53 of the Court. It is not customary to assign any reasons for denying a petition to rehear ;■ but, on account of the mooted questions involved arid the wide difference of opinion among members of the bench and bar, I deem it not amiss to insert this memorandum in the record as an expression of my individual views.

It will be remembered tbat plaintiff, a married woman, brings this action against her husband, alleging that he wrongfully and recklessly infected her with a loathsome disease. It is conceded…