La Bourgogne, 210 U.S. 95 (1908) (No. 33)
1908
Case name: La Bourgogne Opinion filed: 1908-05-18 Docket No.: 33 Citations: • 210 U.S. 95 • 28 S. Ct. 664 • 52 L. Ed. 973 • 1908 U.S. LEXIS 1497 Case holding summaries: • holding that under “settled interpretation [of French law] . . . the right to recovery for wrongful death is not dependent upon heirship or other relationship” • “[I]t may not be doubted that in France . . . such right of action [for wrongful death] has been constantly recognized and 12 enforced from the date of the enactment of the Code.” • using the definition of the high seas from The Scotland court • application of wrongful death statute of France • "all the questions presented by the record are open and, as far as they are essential, must be disposed of"
