Haumschild v. Continental Casualty Co.

This appeal presents a conflict-of-laws problem with respect to interspousal liability for tort growing out of an automobile accident. Which law controls, that of the state of the forum, the state of the place of wrong, or the state of domicile? Wisconsin is both the state of the forum and of the domicile while California is the state where the alleged wrong was committed. Under Wisconsin law a wife may sue her husband in tort. Under California law she cannot. Peters v. Peters (1909), 156 Cal. 32, 103 Pac. 219; Cubbison v. Cubbison (1946), 73 Cal. App. (2d) 437, 166 Pac. (2d) 387; and Paulus…