Williams v. Pope Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 52 La. Ann. 1417

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>A claim for damages ex delicto arising from a tort or trespass upon the person of a married woman, while temporarily sojourning in the State of Louisiana, whose matrimonial domicile and residence were in the State of Mississippi, can not be considered as property acquired in the former State, in the sense of its community statute; and being completely and fully capacitated, under the statute law of Mississippi, to institute suit and stand in judgment therefor in the courts of that State, she has like capacity to sue in her own name'in a Louisiana court.</p> <p>In case the father of a minor daughter has disappeared, and abandoned the matrimonial domicile, the mother is authorized under the law of Louisiana to appear in court in her behalf and assert her rights.</p> <p>The action of trespass is in its character and nature, transitory, and follows the person of the owner and has its situs at her domicile; ana may be brought against the offender any «'here he may be found, whether a corporation or a natural person.</p>