Minier v. Minier
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff, entered on the report of a referee. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Parker, J.
This action, which before the Code would have been called ejectment, is brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, who is her husband, to recover possession of a house and lot in the city of Elmira, together with damages for the wrongful withholding of the same.
The issues having been referred by consent of parties, the referee found for the plaintiff, and judgment was entered upon his report, from which the defendant appeals.
The principal question in the case is whether the wife can maintain such action against her husband.
Unless such right is given to her by the…
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