Cases on the conflict of laws : selected from decisions of English and American courts . j/^ The lex domicilii of the tort-feasor, and not the lex loci delicti, has been *J^ Qjf^held to govern the question whether the action will survive against his v. Bennett (C. C.) 77 Fed. 271 (1896). 82A part of the opinion has been omitted. CO were set forth in the plaintiffs petition, and the defendant demurred iM^ Q //I sembie. But see \vooaen v. vvesrem in. i. & r. u. «^o., 1:^0 xn. x. lu, .^o i^. rj. ^iu^ ylMjri3 L. R. A. 458, 22 Am. St. Rep. 803 (1891). And the distribution of the^^^^
Cases on the conflict of laws : selected from decisions of English and American courts . j/^ The lex domicilii of the tort-feasor, and not the lex loci delicti, has been *J^ Qjf^held to govern the question whether the action will survive against his v. Bennett (C. C.) 77 Fed. 271 (1896). 82A part of the opinion has been omitted. CO were set forth in the plaintiffs petition, and the defendant demurred iM^ Q //I sembie. But see \vooaen v. vvesrem in. i. & r. u. «^o., 1:^0 xn. x. lu, .^o i^. rj. ^iu^ ylMjri3 L. R. A. 458, 22 Am. St. Rep. 803 (1891). And the distribution of the^^^^ JT or. T-onniTorcfl Tn vo. Trips THst-atp Tnwa. .^07. 106 N. W. 743. 4 L. V^ SI The lex loci delicti will determine the amount of damages. North--t/^V V eru Pac. R. Co. v. Babcock, 154 U. S. 190, 14 Sup. Ct. 978. 38 L. E o^ illl- C. /(^(^ i col) ^^^T^. ^ 494 PARTICULAR SUBJECTS. (Part 2 on the ground that the cause of action given,by the Mexican laws wasnot transitory, for reasons sufficiently stated. The demurrer wasoverruled, and the defendant excepted. A similar objection wastaken also by plea setting forth additional sections of the Mexicanstatutes. A demurrer to this plea was sustained, subject to same point was raised again at the trial by a request to directa verdict for the defendant. The judge who tried the case instructedthe jury that the damages to be recovered, if any, were to be measuredby the money value of the life of the deceased to the widow andchildren, and the jury returned a verdict for a lump sum, apportionedJ:o the several plaintiffs. The judge and jury in this regard acted asprescribed by the Texas Rev. Stat. art. 3027. The case then was takento the circuit court of appeals, where the judgment was reversed andthe action ordered to be dismissed. Mexican Nat. R. Co. v. Slater,53 C. C. A. 239, 115 F
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