Opinion

Goldstein v. Goldstein

  • 4 N.J. Misc. 711
  • 134 A. 184
  • 1926 N.J. Sup. Ct. LEXIS 122
Court
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Filed
Aug 10, 1926
Status
Published
Cited by
6 cases
Authority
More cited than 89.2%

The opinion

Per Curiam.

Respondent, an unmarried daughter of appellant, living in his household, twenty-three years of age, working and earning wages, brought suit against her father and recovered the judgment appealed from for damages for personal injuries received while riding in an automobile operated by her father, as is alleged, in a negligent manner.

*712 There are two grounds of appeal, namety, error in the refusal to nonsuit and error in refusal to direct a verdict in favor of appellant. Both are based upon the ground that respondent had not been emancipated and, therefore, could 'not have her action against her father.

This is a question of fact, ordinarily. Arrival at the age of twenty-one years does not, ipso facto, result in emancipation. Arrival at majority is prima facie, but not necessarily emancipation. Brown v. Ramsay, 29 N. J. L. 117; Berla v. Miesel, 52 Atl. Rep. 999 ; 29 Cyc. 1673.

In the present case the facts were such as to make the question one to be determined by the jury. There was, therefore, no error in refusing to nonsuit or direct a verdict.

The judgment below is affirmed, with costs.

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