City of Chattanooga v. Carter

A recovery was bad by C. PI. Carter, the husband, for the loss of services of his wife by reason of personal injuries sustained by her. The judgment of the circuit court was sustained by the court of civil ap*610peals. It is assigned as error that no recovery can be had by the hnsband in snch cases since the Married Women’s Act of 1913, chapter 26, which provides as follows:

“That married women be, and are, hereby fully emancipated from all disability on account of cover-ture, and the common law as to the disabilities of married women and its effect on the rights of property of the wife, is…