Wilcox v. Wilcox

The facts present a question susceptible to a quick, easy, and long-accepted answer: That the law of the place of the tort or injury determines the law td be applied to the case. After long and earnest consideration of the problem, we reject that answer and conclude that the law to be applied in this case on the demurrer is the law of Wisconsin and, accordingly, reverse the trial court and overrule the demurrer.

The problem is an old one. Courts have been seeking for many years to resolve equitably, and with some degree of certainty, the law determining rights of the parties when the wrong has…