78 N.Y.S. 966 | City of New York Municipal Court | 1902
In an action brought in this state by a resident thereof against a foreign corporation to recover damages for personal injuries sustained through the negligence of the defendant, a common •carrier, in an accident which occurred in the republic of Mexico, it is not necessary to state in the complaint the law of the foreign country. Actions for injuries to the person committed abroad are sustained without proof in the first instance of the lex loci, upon the presumption that the right to compensation for such injuries is recognized by the
Demurrer overruled, with costs, with leave to answer over within six days upon payment of costs.