| Show SAYS WOMAN IS A CHATTEL british husband bases divorce dam ago age on claim woman has no legal status london it Is a basis of a husbands claim for divorce damages that his wife Is still in fact if not in law a chattel of his this was the theme thema of an interesting argument before justice Alc mccardie Cardle in the divorce court arising out of a case in which damages were sought against tie lie t ie by the husband counsel for the petitioner said that up tip to the matrimonial causes ret of 1858 a woman was nas regarded as a chattel and the jury had to award damages according to her value to ier er husband ills lordship then asked when had a wife ceased to be regarded as a chattel counsel for the petitioner sard he had bad not suggested that this idea had gone judge you say she Is still to be regarded as a chattel counsel yes tes with slight modifications the question in assessing damages la Is what slie she Is worth judge then you call her quasi chattel af after ter some further discussion jus tice lice mccardie asked if as the result of counsels researches he could show that a wife could bring action against the seducer of her husband counsel said there was no such casa cas and that there could not be such an action because a woman had not tho the same legal status or the same legal rights as a man |
