Louisville & Nashville Rd. v. Greene

Suit was brought in the Ohio court for personal injuries sustained in the state of Kentucky, resulting in the death of William E. Greene. Section 10770, General Code of Ohio, provides that when death is caused by wrongful act or neglect in another state, for which a right of action is given by a statute of that state, such right of action may be enforced in this state, but that the commencement of such action here must be within the time prescribed for the commencement of such action by the statute of the sister state.

It has been held by repeated decisions of this court that the Ohio courts…