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LAYNE v. LAYNE

433 S.W.2d 116 (1968)

Dorothy LAYNE, Appellant, v. Fred LAYNE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 28, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. R. Patterson, Jr., Landrum, White & Patterson, Lexington, Rice & Van Stone, Evansville, Ind., for appellant.

Thomas H. Burnett, Hurst & Burnett, Lexington, for appellee.

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Dorothy Layne appeals from an order dismissing her complaint against Fred Layne, her husband. The order was based on Wessling v. Paris, Ky., 417 S.W.2d 259. In the opinion of the trial court it was recognized that it is against the public policy of Indiana for a wife to maintain a tort action against her husband.

The appellant and appellee have been married twenty-two years and are residents of Evansville...

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