Northern v. McCaw
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Phelps County Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. (1) A person’s residence is his usual place of abode, his domicile, the place where his habitation is fixed without any present intention of removing therefrom. The place he votes, the center of his affairs. Green v. Beckwith, 38 Mo. 384; Humphreys v. Humphreys, 115 Mo. App. 361; Wyrick v. Wyrick, 162 Mo.
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Appeal from Phelps County Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. (1) A person’s residence is his usual place of abode, his domicile, the place where his habitation is fixed without any present intention of removing therefrom. The place he votes, the center of his affairs. Green v. Beckwith, 38 Mo. 384; Humphreys v. Humphreys, 115 Mo. App. 361; Wyrick v. Wyrick, 162 Mo. App. 736; 14 Cyc. 833; State ex rel. v. Banta, supra; Ramey v. Dayton, 77 Mo. 678. (2) A matter of intention. State ex rel. v. Smith, 64 Mo. App. 313; Shirk v. Shirk, 75 Mo. App. 573; Adams v. Abernathy, 37 Mo. 196; Green…
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.
The plaintiff filed his petition seeking injunctive relief against the defendants who were the public school directors of the Rolla School District in Rolla, Phelps county, Missouri. In- the trial *365court the temporary restraining order which bad been •issued was upon trial dissolved and the plaintiff’s petition dismissed. He has appealed.
The salient facts of the case are as follows: The plaintiff, an eye doctor who sold spectacles, resided with his family in Springfield, Missouri, prior to moving to Phelps county. During the first part of July, 1913, his wife and four children moved from…
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