Huber v Steiner

Huber v Steiner (1835) 2 Bing (NC) 202 was a judicial decision of the English Court of Common Pleas relating to choice of law issues in connection with a promissory note.Steiner failed to make payment on the promissory note when due, and Huber brought the action against him in England.The court found for the plaintiff in the substantive action, and dismissed the expert evidence that under French law the limitation period had expired.The leading English law textbooks of Dicey Morris & Collins[1] and Cheshire North & Fawcett[2] both cite Huber v Steiner with approval.Huber v Steiner has been cited with approval widely in both the courts of England and Wales, and also overseas in relation to the principle for which it stands.In England it has been cited with approval by the House of Lords in Boys v Chaplin [1971] AC 356, and by the Supreme Court in Harding v Wealands [2006] UKHL 32 at para.