Harvey v. Harvey

Plaintiff is the wife of defendant and brought this suit to recover damages for injuries she received while riding in an automobile driven by her husband. In the circuit judgment passed for defendant on the ground that a wife cannot maintain an action against her husband to recover damages for an injury occasioned by his negligence. Plaintiff reviews by writ of error.

The question here presented was decided adversely to plaintiff in Bandfield v. Bandfield, 117 Mich. 80 (40 L. R. A. 757, 72 Am. St. Rep. 550), but counsel for plaintiff points to an amendment of the statute after that decision,…