Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Munsee v. Munsee

Utah Supreme Court

Decided June 20, 1961No. 9351Published

1Concurrence

*87CROCKETT, Justice

(concurring specially) .

It seems to me that the term “actual and bona fide” as applied to the residence for the purpose of divorce under our statute need not be so inscrutable or mysterious if we set aside legal niceties and think in terms of the ordinary and usual understanding of the words as they would be used by our legislature. I say this in an awareness of the multifarious interpretations and applications of the words “residence” and “domicile” given by the courts under varying statutes, purposes and fact situations. See 37 Words & Phrases, p. 317 et seq.

Undoubtedly the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Laughlin v. Washington State Bar Ass'nWashington Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Coffey v. Board of Election CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Hall v. HallWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
  4. State ex rel. Taubman v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1918
  5. Cline v. KnightSupreme Court of Colorado · 1943

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