FUERSTE v. BEMIS

No. 52814.

156 N.W.2d 831 (1968)

William C. FUERSTE, Administrator of the Estate of Alice Georgette Sweeney, Deceased, Appellant, v. Earl BEMIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hart & Hart, Waukon, and Fuerste & Carew, Dubuque, for appellant.

Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Wright & Irish, Des Moines, for appellee.


STUART, Justice.

The question presented here is whether the substantive law of Iowa or Wisconsin should apply to this action brought in Iowa by the Iowa administrator of the estate of a deceased Iowan against an Iowa resident for an alleged wrongful death which occurred on the Wisconsin highways.

Defendant and deceased traveled from Dubuque, Iowa to Lansing, Iowa in defendant's automobile to visit deceased's children. Their route took them over Wisconsin highways...

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