Legal Opinion
Ghilain v. Couture
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided May 7, 1929PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSnow, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff as administratrix by appointment in Massachusetts, the domicile of the deceased, against defendants resident in this state, to recover for death from an injury received here.
In claims for death the nature of the right of action^ and the party in whom it is invested, are fixed by the lex loci delicti. Marshall v. Railroad, 81 N. H. 548; 2 Wharton, Confl. Laws (3d ed.), 480 d, note 7; Lower v. Segal, 59 N. J. Law 66; 5 R. C. L., Confl. Laws, s. 133; 8 R. C. L., Death, 45; Am. L. Inst. Restatement Confl. Laws (Tent.), ss. 427, 432. The plaintiff’s right…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Dennick v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Stevens v. GaylordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. ShackletIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Goodwin v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Knight v. Moline, East Moline & Watertown Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1913
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Hatas v. PartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Belkner v. PrestonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1975
- Rybolt v. JarrettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Niemi v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1934
- Brown, Admr. v. Perry, Jr.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1931
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