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WINTERS v. MAXEY

481 S.W.2d 755 (1972)

Earl WINTERS, Appellant, v. Sarah C. MAXEY, Appellee. Gloria Yvonne WINTERS, a minor, by father and next friend, Earl Winters, Appellant, v. Sarah C. MAXEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Branstetter, Moody & Kilgore, Nashville, for appellants.

B.J. Boyd, Ashland City, for appellee.

OPINION

DYER, Chief Justice.

The sole question for determination in this case is whether the lex loci delicti doctrine as applied in Tennessee should be continued or whether it should be repudiated in favor of a modern theory.

The plaintiff and defendant are now and were, prior to the accident giving rise to this suit, citizens and residents of Cheatham County, Tennessee. Defendant invited plaintiff to accompany her in defendant's automobile for...

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