Wolf v. Bauereis

The plaintiff in this case is a married woman, and the action is for an assault and battery of her person, with the charge of an outrageous forcible attempt on the part of the defendant to have carnal connection with her. The action was originally instituted in the joint name of husband and wife, but by an amendment of the declaration the name of the husband was omitted, and the suit was thence conducted in the name of the wife alone. The defendant pleaded in abatement of the amended declaration the coverture of the plaintiff, to which plea the plaintiff demurred, and the demurrer was…