Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Cheney
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Appeal; from Carroll superior court—Judge R. W. Freeman. December 28, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.
1. At common law husband and wife are one person in law, and the wife’s legal existence is suspended during the marriage and consolidated into that of the husband; and the common-law rule as to the rights and liabilities of husband and wife is in force in this State except where changed by the statute law. Heyman v. Heyman, 19 Ga. App. 630 (92 S. E. 25). The Supreme Court in construing the act of 1866 (Civil Code of 1910, § 2993) has held that it is “the settled law of this State, that, even since the act of 1866, where a husband and wife are living together, the husband is entitled to her…
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