Thompson v. Traders' Insurance’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 49 state decisions

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1. ““In Scudder v. Bank, 91 U. S. 406 , the Supreme Court of the United States formulated a rule bearing upon the doctrine of the lex loci contractus, lex loci rei sitae, and lex fori, as follows: ‘Matters bearing upon the execution, the interpretation, and the validity of a contract are determined by the law of the place where the contract is made. Matters connected with its performance are regulated by the law prevailing at the place of performance. Matters respecting the remedy, - such as the bringing of suits, admissibility of evidence, statutes of limitation, depend upon the law of the place where the suit is brought.’ The Missouri statute imposing this penalty for vexatious delay, does not relate to the remedy. It is a matter connected with the performance of a contract. Hence, it can only apply to contracts that are to be performed in Missouri. It has no application to contracts like the policy in suit, which was made in Kansas, where the property insured was located and was destroyed in Kansas, where the contract was to be performed in Kansas, and where the cause of action accrued and became complete in Kansas.” [See Thompson v. Traders’ Ins. Co., 169 Mo. 12, 29 , 68 S. W. 889 .]”

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