Boyd v. Beck
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clark. The material facts shown by the record are these : On the 10th February, 1838, one Bushrod W. Bell, then a resident citizen of Montgomery county, drew his bill of exchange for $7,000, at six months, on Edward Hanrick, which was accepted by said Hanrick, and endorsed by Janies O. Boyd and Thornton Taliaferro, for the accommodation of said Bell, and was afterwards discounted by the Branch Bank at…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clark. The material facts shown by the record are these : On the 10th February, 1838, one Bushrod W. Bell, then a resident citizen of Montgomery county, drew his bill of exchange for $7,000, at six months, on Edward Hanrick, which was accepted by said Hanrick, and endorsed by Janies O. Boyd and Thornton Taliaferro, for the accommodation of said Bell, and was afterwards discounted by the Branch Bank at Montgomery ; and on the 28th March, 1838, -to secure these parties against their liability on this bill, said Bell…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
In the case of the State, ex rel. Spence, v. The Judge of the 9th Judicial Circuit, 13 Ala. 805, it was decided, that “ where one has acquired a fixed domicile, a temporary absence on business or pleasure, Avith the intention of returning, and an actual return in accordance with such intention, will not work a change of domicile.” — Sears v. The City of Boston, 1 Metcalf, 250 ; Bempde v. Johnstone, 3 Vosey, jr., 198. Where-persons conduct a business at two or more places, devoting a portion of their time to each, the intention of such persons, when it can be ascertained, exercises a…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Gregory v. ThomasNew York Supreme Court · 1838
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- Padgett v. LawrenceNew York Court of Chancery · 1843
- Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. LedyardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
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