Legal Opinion
Brown v. Gosser
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided November 20, 1953Published
1Opinion of the Court
262 S.W.2d 480 (1953)
BROWN
v.
GOSSER.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
March 27, 1953.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing November 20, 1953.
Bell, Stagner & Orr, Bowling Green, for appellant.
Milliken & Milliken, Hines & Hines, Bowling Green, for appellee.
COMBS, Justice.
The question in this case is whether a wife may maintain against her husband an action for a tort committed against her person prior to marriage, her suit having been commenced prior to marriage.
The plaintiff, Mary Gosser, was injured in an automobile driven by her prospective husband in May, 1950. Suit was filed the following July 14…
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