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· 10/16/1962

Seagraves v. Legg

Citations

  • 127 S.E.2d 605
  • 147 W. Va. 331
  • 1962 W. Va. LEXIS 29

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that common-law loss of consortium action “was based on the theory that the wife was a chattel, or property of the husband”
  • absence of wife’s right to sue for loss of consortium resulting from personal injury to husband

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Judges: Berry

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