Taylor v. Bach
Supreme Court of Louisiana
from the Third Judicial District Court of Jefferson, Burthe, J. The defendant offered in evidence his declaration of change of domicil from the parish of Jefferson to the parish of St. Helena. If this was & judicial declaration of the change of domicil, it could not avail the defendant under the evidence in this case; because the declaration must be combined with or followed by an act of residence in the parish of St. Helena.
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from the Third Judicial District Court of Jefferson, Burthe, J. The defendant offered in evidence his declaration of change of domicil from the parish of Jefferson to the parish of St. Helena. If this was & judicial declaration of the change of domicil, it could not avail the defendant under the evidence in this case; because the declaration must be combined with or followed by an act of residence in the parish of St. Helena. O. C. 43. Now, there is not a scintilla of proof that defendant ever resided in that parish. Even where the proof shows that a person resides alternately in different…
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
This suit turns upon a plea of domicil, made on the part of John M. Bach, defendant.
The record discloses the following facts : That the defendant had his domicil at the same time in the parishes of Jefferson and St. Helena. R. T. Taylor, on behalf of defendant, says that defendant owns a good deal of property in the parish of St. Helena, and that, for three or four years, he has claimed his domicil in the parish of St. Helena.
But, on cross-examination, the same witness testifies that Mr. Bach resides in the parish of Jefferson; that he is constantly backward and forward, but most of the time…
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