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WYMAN v. WALLACE

No. 2810-1.

15 Wn. App. 395 (1976)

549 P.2d 71

THOMAS WYMAN, Respondent, v. DONALD WALLACE, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

April 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nuxoll, Stroh, Newsum & Funk, P.S., Inc., and Jay Nuxoll, for appellant.

Jon Marvin Jonsson, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:

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Quaere: Should the common-law action for the alienation of affections of a spouse be abolished?

We conclude that it should be.

[1] The action for alienation of affections, insofar as it pertains to relationships between spouses, is an action carried into the law of Washington by its adoption of the common law of England. Beach v. Brown, 20 Wn. 266, 55 P. 46 (1898). We adopted the common law prior...

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