Rockwood v. Whiting

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Rockwood v. Whiting, 118 Mass. 337 (Mass. 1875)
1875 Mass. LEXIS 368
Gray

Rockwood v. Whiting

Opinion of the Court

Gray, C. J.

By the well settled construction of the Gen. Sts. c. 155, § 9, and of the statute of New York from which it was taken, a person who has a domicil and actual residence in another state, and only comes into this state occasionally, or even for a few hours daily, is “ absent from and resides out of the state,” and the statute of limitations does not run in his favor. Milton v. Babson, 6 Allen, 322. Burroughs v. Bloomer, 5 Denio, 532.

In Turner v. Shearer, 6 Gray, 427, the defendant was in this state, though in • prison during the whole time in question, and there was no evidence that he had ever acquired a domicil elsewhere. Judgment for the plaintiff.

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Full Case Name
William Rockwood v. David Whiting
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8 cases
Status
Published