CHILDRESS v. CHILDRESS


569 S.W.2d 816 (1978)

Angeline Denise Taylor CHILDRESS b/n/f William Taylor, Petitioner-Plaintiff, v. Michael Lynn CHILDRESS, Respondent-Defendant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.D. Walker, Jr., Dyersburg, for petitioner-plaintiff.

J. Thomas Caldwell, Ripley, for respondent-defendant.


OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

In this case petitioner seeks to maintain a negligence action for personal injuries against her husband for an antenuptial tort. She was injured while he was operating an automobile on February 22, 1975. The parties were married on June 14, 1975. Suit was instituted about seven and one-half months later, on January 31, 1976.

Both the trial court and the Court of Appeals held that the action was barred under the rule of...

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