Dawson v. Dawson

The question is, Can the wife maintain an action in tort committed in Mississippi against her husband in the courts of Alabama for which she could not recover under the laws of Mississippi notwithstanding she could do so in Alabama, the parties being citizens of Alabama, when the injury occurred or the tort was committed in the state of Mississippi?

It is well settled by the decisions of this court that, where an accident occurs in another state, the courts of this state will look to the substantive law of that state to determine whether the defendant under that law has breached any legal duty…