Bach v. Bach

SIMS, Judge.

Appellant, Ethel Bach, sued her husband, Carl Bach, for $9,640 damages she alleged she suffered on account of the negligent manner in which appellee operated his automobile while she was riding with him. The answer was a general denial and by an amended answer he pleaded appellant had recovered $2,431 from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, in the Board of Claims for the same injuries she received in this accident, which was a bar to her recovery against him. Upon the cause being submitted on the pleadings the court held her recovery against the State was a bar…