ZIELINSKI v. CORNWELL

No. 4430.

100 N.H. 34 (1955)

FRANCES NAUCEDER ZIELINSKI, Adm'x v. KENNETH CORNWELL.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided December 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyman, Starr, Booth, Wadleigh & Langdell (Mr. William J. Starr, Jr. orally), for the plaintiff.

Bell & Bell (Mr. Ernest L. Bell, III orally), for the defendant.


KENISON, C. J.

According to the great weight of authority the law of the place of wrong governs liability for it. N. H. Annotations, Restatement, Conflict of Laws, s. 379; 2 Beale, Conflict of Laws, s. 379:1. "Where the declaration shows that the plaintiff seeks to recover for negligence in Vermont, with consequent damages there, the applicability of Vermont law follows as a matter of course." Stone v. Howe, 92 N.H. 425. The law of the...

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