Lang v. Lang’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1967
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hudson v. Gas Consumers' Association · Drum v. Drum · Demarest v. Terhune · Fike v. Fike · Freitag v. Bersano
Most-quoted passages
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“The plaintiff has no standing in a court of law. Whether the complaint sounds in contract or in tort is of no great moment. A wife has no right of action at law sounding in contract against her husband. Any agreement between them is at law null and void and cannot be enforced. National Bank of Rahway v. Brewster, 49 N.J.L. 231 ; 12 Atl. Rep. 769 . So, too, a wife has no right of action at law sounding in tort against her husband. This well settled rule was recognized in 1939 by the present Chief Justice in Hudson v. Gas Consumers' Association, 123 N.J.L. 252 ; 8 Atl. Rep. (2 d ) 337, and he there pointed out that no statute has been enacted in this state that disturbs the rule. No change has since been made. R.S. 37:2-5; N.J.S.A. 37:2-5.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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