To: Modernman
Thanks for the explanation. So, just as a devil's advocate type of situation, suppose I, as a Maryland resident in Maryland, throw a rock in a non-criminal manner through the window of somebody's house across the border in Virginia. Which state's laws would apply?
202 posted on
10/24/2003 11:48:25 AM PDT by
inquest
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To: inquest
So, just as a devil's advocate type of situation, suppose I, as a Maryland resident in Maryland, throw a rock in a non-criminal manner through the window of somebody's house across the border in Virginia. Which state's laws would apply? Good question. I think, in a civil case, the subtantive law of Virginia would apply, since the damage occured in Virginia to a Virginia resident.
231 posted on
10/24/2003 11:56:21 AM PDT by
Modernman
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