Smith v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co.

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• holding that \[t]he immunity created by LSA-R.S. 9:291 is not an exception to the creation of this substantive cause of action; it is merely a procedural bar to the wife's right to sue the husband personally.\
• Because of the competing effect of two statutes, (Article 2315 and LSA RS 9:291) has a cause of action but no remedy to enforce it
• “The general tenor of Article 2315, creating a cause of action in favor of injured parties against those by whose fault the injury happened, makes that article universal in its operation unless a specific exception is established by law.”

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