40 A. 1066 | N.H. | 1895
If there is a conflict between the lex loci and the lex fori, the former governs in torts the same as in contracts, in respect to the legal effect and incidents of acts. Cool. Torts 471; Sto. Conf. Law (7th ed.), s. 307 d; Mostyn v. Fabrigas, Cowp. 161; *383
Phillips v. Eyre, L. R. 4 Q. B. 225, 239, — S.C., L. R. 6 Q. B. 1, 28; Smith v. Condry, 1 How. 28; Dennick v. Railroad,
By section 20, chapter 124, Revised Statutes of Maine, a person who travels on the Lord's day, except from necessity or for charity, may be punished. Walking for exercise (O'Connell v. Lewiston,
The plaintiffs raise the quoere whether this is now the law of Maine, in view of the decision in Baker v. Portland,
The plaintiffs' injury having been received while they were traveling in the state of Maine upon a pleasure excursion on the Lord's day, prior to the enactment of the Maine statute of 1895, their rights are governed by the law of Cratty v. Bangor, and the other cases cited.
Verdict set aside; judgment for the defendants.
WALLACE, J., did not sit: the others concurred.