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MORIN v. LETOURNEAU

No. 4780.

102 N.H. 309 (1959)

THERESA M. MORIN v. RICHARD M. LETOURNEAU.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided December 1, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Gentsch and William D. Tribble for the plaintiff, furnished no brief.

Upton, Sanders & Upton and Wesley E. Whitney (Mr. Whitney orally), for the defendant.

DUNCAN, J.

It is the settled law of this jurisdiction that a married woman may maintain an action against her husband for damages suffered during coverture as a result of his illegal acts (Gilman v. Gilman, 78 N.H. 4) including negligent acts (Miltimore v. Company, 89 N.H. 272).

RSA 460:2 provides in part: "Every married woman . . . may. . . sue and be sued, in all matters in law and equity . . . as if she were unmarried"; and it...

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