Nordin v. Kjos

Citations

• 13 S.D. 497
• 83 N.W. 573
• 1900 S.D. LEXIS 176

Syllabus

<p>Laws 1897, c. 72, relates to the licensing of salobn keepers, and requires them to give bond. Section 16 provides that “it shall be lawful for any married woman, or any other person at her request, to institute and maintain in her own name a suit on any such bond mentioned in this act for all damages sustained by her or by her children on account of such traffic,and the money when collectéd shall be paid over for the use of herself and children.” Held, that a married woman in whose favor a right of action had accrued under said provision did not lose the right, to maintain such action by subsequently obtaining a divorce.</p>