CHENOW v. ALIOTA


14 Wis.2d 352 (1961)

CHENOW, Respondent, v. ALIOTA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Lakes & Marcuvitz, and oral argument by Alan Marcuvitz and by Jerold I. Perlstein, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Jack A. Berland of Milwaukee.


MARTIN, C. J.

Sec. 330.22 (2), Stats., provides that an action for damages for alienation of affections shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action has accrued.

The basis of a cause of action for the alienation of a wife's affections is loss of consortium—the wife's companionship and society, and her duties, such as conjugal affection and assistance, toward her husband. When the loss of consortium

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