Legal Opinion
Green v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 1, 1944No. 30515PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, J.
This was an action for a tort brought in Georgia by the widow for the death of her husband caused by injuries which occurred in the State of South Carolina.
The lex loci governs as to all' substantive matters and the-lex fori as to all matters affecting the remedy or procedure. Hill v. Chattanooga Railway & Light Co.; 21 Ga. App: 104 (93 S. E. 1027); Hines v. Evitt, 25 Ga. App. 606 (3) (103 S. E. 865); Lay v. Nashville, Chattanooga &c. Ry. Co., 131 Ga. 345 (62 S. E. 189).
Under the common law the widow could not recover damages for the homicide of her husband. Selma, Rome & Dalton R. Co. v.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Frances H. Turner, as Guardian for Frank N. Turner v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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