Peacock v. Collins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before D. L. Henderson, judge pro hac vice. Dooly superior court.- February term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
1. The domicile of a man having a family is, under section 1824 of the Civil Code, the place where his family “shall permanently reside, if in this State,” the word “permanently” being here used in contradistinction from the word “temporarily.”
2. It follows that the mere removal by a married man of his wife and children to a city not within the county of his residence, and the occupancy by the family of a rented house in such city, did not effect a change of his domicile, when it affirmatively appeared that his sole purpose in making such removal was to send his children to school for a…
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- Tribble v. KnightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
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