Lay v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.

Fish, O. J.

1. Where suit is brought in this State to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in the State of Alabama, the rights of the parties as to the merits of 'the case are to be determined by the law of Alabama; and where no statute of that State is pleaded or shown, it will be presumed that the common law is in force there. While the courts of this State will follow the decisions of a sister State in construing the statutes thereof, they are not bound by the interpretation placed upon the common Jaw by the courts of other States.

2. In the present case, no statute of the State…