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HAUMSCHILD v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.

7 Wis.2d 130 (1959)

HAUMSCHILD, Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 10, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Thomas P. Maroney of Milwaukee.

For the respondents there was a brief by Shaw, Muskat & Paulsen, attorneys, and Jack R. Wiedabach of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Wiedabach.

CURRIE, J.

This appeal presents a conflict-of-laws problem with respect to interspousal liability for tort growing out of an automobile accident. Which law controls, that of the state of the forum, the state of the place of wrong, or the state of domicile? Wisconsin is both the state of the forum and of the domicile while California is the state where the alleged wrong was committed. Under Wisconsin law a wife may sue her husband in tort. Under California law she...

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