Seaver v. Adams
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case. Demurrer to a declaration by a married woman alleging that the defendant seduced her husband and alienated his affections from her.
1Opinion of the CourtBlodgett, J.
It is not open to question that the tendency of legislation in this state for many years has been to put the hus band and wife upon an exact equality before the law. As the result of this tendency successive statutory enactments have been adopted, by force of which the common law of servitude in marriage has been repealed, and by force of which also, it is believed, husband and wife now stand upon an equality of right in respect to property, torts, and contracts, subject only to the exceptions in Gen. Laws, c. 183, s. 12, limiting the liability of the wife upon certain contracts and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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