Blickenstaff v. Blickenstaff

• Decision Date: 05 July 1929
• Docket Number: 13,485
• Parties: BLICKENSTAFF v. BLICKENSTAFF
• Court: Indiana Appellate Court

167 N.E. 146

89 Ind.App. 529

BLICKENSTAFF v. BLICKENSTAFF

No. 13,485

Court of Appeals of Indiana

July 5, 1929

From Wabash Circuit Court; Frank O. Switzer, Judge.

Action by Carrie Dell Blickenstaff against her husband, Melroy Blickenstaff, for damages for personal injuries resulting from his negligence. From a judgment for the defendant on his demurrer to the complaint, the plaintiff appealed.

Affirmed.

John F. Kelton, Fred H. Bowers, Milo Feightner and Lee M. Bowers, for appellant.

Walter S. Bent, for appellee.

OPINION

MCMAHAN, C. J.

Complaint by appellant against her husband for damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident received while riding with her husband.

The demurrer was correctly sustained to the complaint for the reason that a married woman cannot sue her husband for personal injuries caused by his negligence. Henneger v. Lomas (1896), 145 Ind. 287, 289, 44 N.E. 462, 32 L. R. A. 848; Schubert v. Schubert Wagon Co. (1928), 249 N.Y. 253, 164 N.E. 42; Thompson v. Thompson (1910), 218 U.S. 611, 31 S.Ct. 111, 54 L.Ed. 1180, 30 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1153; Austin v. Austin (1924), 136 Miss. 61, 100 So. 591, 33 A. L. R. 1388; Perlman v. Brooklyn City R. Co. (1921), 117 Misc. 353, 191 N.Y.S. 891; Heyman v. Heyman (1917), 19 Ga.App. 634, 92 S.E. 25; Peters v. Peters (1909), 156 Cal. 32, 103 P. 219, 23 L. R. A. (N. S.) 699; Woltman v. Woltman (1922), 153 Minn. 217, 189 N.W. 1022.

Affirmed.