Legal Opinion · Dissent

Taubenfeld v. Taubenfeld

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 27, 1949Published

1DissentWenzel, J.

Mere presence in the jurisdiction is not sufficient, even when coupled with a wish or desire to remain there when such desire is thwarted by a legal disability. The fact that the disability may possibly at some future time be removed, is insufficient to establish present residence or domicile. While the law undoubtedly is that domicile is a matter of intention, plaintiff may not be heard to express an intention contrary to present legal ability. (5 A. L. R. 298.) “It is a general rule that the domicil of one who is in itinere from an old to a new home continues to be the old domicil till the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Taubenfeld v. TaubenfeldNew York Supreme Court · 1949

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