State ex rel. Fleming v. Joyce
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia; John Stirling Boatner, Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of D. B. Fleming, against John J. Joyce, registrar, and J. R. Wilson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The issues are the same as in the case of the same relator against the same registrar and T. M. Wilson, this day decided, and the facts are similar.
J. R. Wilson acquired a civil and political domicile in ward 6, parish of Concordia, and has been actually residing and working in the said ward since the first of this year. Pie claims that he resided in Ferriday during the year 1908.
The presumption is that the place of present residence is the domicile. 10 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, p. 22.
The presumption is that the domicile of choice, like the domicile of origin, remains unchanged, and the burden of…
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