Before the enactment of the following statute, under the common law, a married woman was not allowed
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Before the enactment of the following statute, under the common law, a married woman was not allowed to sue in her own name. Instead, the lawsuit was brought in her husband's name. Assume you have a client who wishes to sue her spouse for negligence. Read the statute. Do you think she will be able to sue her husband? Why?
Gen. Laws
A married woman may sue and be sued in the same manner as if she were sole, but this section shall not authorize suits between husband and wife.
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Smith and Roberson Business Law
ISBN: 978-0538473637
15th Edition
Authors: Richard A. Mann, Barry S. Roberts
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