Fuerste v. Bemis

STUART, Justice.

The question presented here is whether the substantive law of Iowa or Wisconsin should apply to this action brought in Iowa by the Iowa administratof of the estate of a deceased Iowan against an Iowa resident for an alleged wrongful death which occurred on the Wisconsin highways.

Defendant and deceased traveled from. Dubuque, Iowa to Lansing, Iowa in defendant’s automobile to visit deceased’s children. Their route took them over Wisconsin highways between Marquette, Iowa and Lansing. On the return trip along the same route this car was involved in a collision with another…