Hall v. West Jersey & Seashore R. R.

Citations

• 241 Pa. 399
• 88 A. 659
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 796

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Injuries causing death — Bight of action — Personal representatives — Law of another state — Pleading—Evidence.</p> <p>In an action by a personal representative for injuries to his decedent resulting in death, where the acts complained of occurred in another state, the plaintiff must aver and prove that the laws of that state give him the right to bring such an action; and a judgment for plaintiff in such case should be reversed with directions to grant a new trial, where-plaintiff’s statement of claim failed to aver that the law of the state where the injuries occurred entitled him to sue for injuries causing death, and the evidence introduced in no way tended to prove that he was entitled to bring such an action.</p>