DAVIS v. MILLS

No. 235.

194 U.S. 451 (1904)

DAVIS v. MILLS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John A. Shelton, with whom Mr. T.J. Walsh was on the brief, for Davis.

Mr. William Waldo Hyde, with whom Mr. Charles E. Perkins was on the brief, for Mills.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The general theory on which an action is maintained upon a cause which accrued in another jurisdiction is that the liability is an obligation, which, having been attached to the person by the law then having that person within its power, will be treated by other countries as accompanying the person when brought before their...

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