PEARCE v. BOBERG

No. 6971.

510 P.2d 1358 (1973)

Stephen Dale PEARCE and Frederick Pearce, Appellants, v. Debra Kay BOBERG, also known as Debra Kay Pearce, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diehl, Recanzone, Evans & Smart, Fallon, for appellants.

Hibbs & Bullis, Reno, for respondent.


OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice.

This appeal seeks reversal of a judgment for personal injuries caused to respondent by her husband's negligence before marriage. The primary appellate contention is that the trial court erred in allowing respondent to prosecute her action, because a wife may not sue her husband in tort. We disagree.

In an automobile owned by appellant Stephen Dale Pearce's father, appellant Frederick Pearce, Stephen and respondent Debra...

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