Case ID: wend_18/html/0269-04.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

[512] Boardman & Conkling vs. House.
    A person here temporarily, intending to return to the place of his domicil, is not a resident within the meaning of the “ act to abolish imprisonment,” &c.
    The defendant, an inhabitant of Michigan, moved to be discharged from an arrest, on the ground that he had been a resident of this state for at least one month previous to the commencement of the suit against him, and in support of the motion relied upon the act to abolish imprisonment, §c. (Statutes, session of 1831, p. 396, § 2.)
   By the Court.

The defendant is not a resident of this state within the meaning of the act: he is here temporarily, and intends to return to Michigan. Being here for pleasure or business does not exempt him from arrest. The motion is denied.