CONFLICT OF LAWS-SUIT BY FOREIGN ADMINISTRATOR UNDER WRONGFUL DEATH ACT OF HIS STATE

Authors

Donald D. Davis S. Ed., University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Plaintiff, an administrator appointed by a Michigan court, brought action in New York to recover for the wrongful death in Michigan of his infant daughter. Defendant moved to dismiss on the ground that a foreign administrator had no standing to sue in New York without first obtaining ancillary letters. Held, motion denied. A foreign administrator, suing as a statutory trustee, is entitled to maintain action in New York on the strength of his original letters. Wiener v. Specific Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 298 N.Y. 346, 83 N.E. (2d) 673 (1949).

Recommended Citation

Donald D. Davis S. Ed., CONFLICT OF LAWS-SUIT BY FOREIGN ADMINISTRATOR UNDER WRONGFUL DEATH ACT OF HIS STATE, 48 Mich. L. Rev. 520 (1950).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol48/iss4/10