Long v. Ryan

STAPLES. J.

The books abound with discussions and decisions upon the subject of domicile, habitancy, and residence.

In Thorndike v. City of Boston, 1 Metc. R. 242, Shaw, C. J., said, “that the questions of residence, inhabitancy, or domicile, for although not in all respects precisely the same, they are nearly so, and depend much upon the same evidence, are attended with more difficulty than almost any other which are presented for adjudication.”

There is, however, a wide distinction between domicile and residence, recognized by the most approved authorities everywhere. Domicile is defined to be…