TYSON v. SCARTINE


118 A.2d 795 (1955)

Evelyn M. TYSON, Widow of Thomas G. Tyson, Plaintiff, v. Anthony SCARTINE, Defendant.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

November 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Coxe, Jr., Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

William H. Bennethum, Wilmington, Del., for defendant.


LAYTON, Judge.

A cause of action arising under the laws of one state, being statutory, will not be enforced by another state as a matter of right but, rather upon principles of comity. Upon this subject, 11 Am.Jur., Conflict of Laws, § 4, p. 296, has this to say:

"No law has any effect, of its own force, beyond the limits of the sovereignty from which its authority is derived. The extent to which the law of...

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