Hickman v. Alpaugh

Citations

• 21 Cal. 225

Syllabus

<p>Where the validity of a sale made in a foreign State is drawn in question in the Courts of this State the law of the place of contract will be presumed, until the contrary is shown, to have been the same as that of our own State in reference to the same subject matter. This presumption extends to statutory as well as to the common law.</p> <p>Thus, where in an action in a District Court of this State, an issue was raised as to whether a sale of personal property made in Oregon was fraudulent, and no proof was made of the laws of Oregon: Held, that the validity of the sale must be determined by the common law and statutes in force in this State on the subject.</p>