Desmare v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case : The claimant, before the war, had his domicile in the city of New Orleans, La., where he resided and was a partner with one Laforest, tinder the style of Laforest & Desmare, commission-merchants, and he was residing there also on the 19th of January, 1866. There is no evidence of any change of said domicile, or of a dissolution of said partnership, nor is there any evidence as to where the claimant was on the 27th of…
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case : The claimant, before the war, had his domicile in the city of New Orleans, La., where he resided and was a partner with one Laforest, tinder the style of Laforest & Desmare, commission-merchants, and he was residing there also on the 19th of January, 1866. There is no evidence of any change of said domicile, or of a dissolution of said partnership, nor is there any evidence as to where the claimant was on the 27th of April, 1862, when the United States military forces took possession of New Orleans, or before that date, during the war, or…
1Opinion of the CourtBichaedson, J.
The facts proved in this case, as found by the court, leave no doubt that, at the time of making the purchases within the rebel lines during the rebellion, the claimant’s domicile was in the city of New Orleans,' then and ever after during the war held by the military forces of the United States. Before the war his domicile was in that city, and he resided and carried on there a commercial business, as a partner in a commission-house. There is no evidence of any change of domicile or of a dissolution of his partnership. According to well-settled principles, the presumption of law is that a…
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