September 2, 1953 

Honorable Oibb Gilchrist 

Ch88aellor 

Texar A. t M. College System 

College Station, Texa8 

Oplaion Ro. s-gfj 

Rer Stotur o? a veteran, lnducted as a resident o? 

another f5tate, aa a resldent of Texas for educational purposes. 

Dear DP. Ollchrirt: 

Your requaet for PB opinion of this oiilce comceralag the right of veterane, who wepe Inducted into the armod 

forces as residents OS states other thaa Texas, to enroll at 

Texas A. & #. College a6 rerlde8ts 04 Texae, read8 as follows: 

"1 * Can a veteran who enter8 the service 

tram l 8other state amd ae a re8idO8t of th&t 

state 88tirfy the reriderce requirements for 

eduaa$ioael pUrpOSe8 in Texas by Mving served 

01) active duty la Texae for a period of 12 

month8 OP PLOCO 8Ub8Oqlleat to hi8 tweaty-first 

birthd8yT 

O2. If the answer to the above question 

18 Negative, would the f8ct (a) that he has 

bro 

"&h 

t his family iato Texas and has lived 

oif’ he post for 12 molpths or (b) that he has 

hla family with him, has acquired real property and pays taxes ID the state have any effect?" 

Section 1, subsection 2, Article 2654c, Vernon’s 

Civil Statutes, after detailing tuition rate8 for non-resident 

8tudOPt8 registering la State COllOgOS, provide8 ia part as 

followrs 
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Hon. Qlbb QilChId8t, p8ge 2 (S-95) 

"(a) A nonresident student 18 hereby defined to be a student o? lo88 than twenty-one 

(21) years OS age, living away from his family 

aad whose family resides In another State, or 

WhO8e;family has not resided in Texas for the 

twelve' (12) months lnuuedlotely preceding the 

datt of reglstratlon; or a student of tweaty- 

'one (21) years of age or over who resides out 

OS WI8 Strte or who a8 met bee8 a reatdert 

of the Strte'twelve 4 12) maths subrequert to 

hl8 twert -first birthlo~ or ior the tvOlte 

(121 da bmedlately precedlag the lhte o? 

re8 btmtior. 

"(b) m term 're8ldencc' 88 ueed In thl8 

Act 8emm 'UoJal;e'; . . ." 

167,s.~. 801 n.914) th supreme c 

Tn ieoor, & H.T. Ry. Co. v. Thoqym, 106 Tw. 460, 

the following lang&ge:' 

ourt d ef aed domlclle in 

"Residence mean8 living In a particular 

locality, but domlclle metan living in that 

locality with the latent to make It a fired 

and permanent home. Residence simply requires 

bodily ppe8ence, as an inhabitant ln a given 

p18ce, while dom~clle requires bodily presence 

Is th8t place and also oaIeleJ lntentlon to make 

it one'8 dodclle.“ 

Znteatloa ie a8 esreWl81 eoneider8tloa la deternlndamlclle, 818 thus the solution tb e&Ch 

depend upon 811 the facts ad clrcum8tolrces 

tend to support OP negote PO intention to 

In the absence of a clear Intert to rbandon hi8 domicile in the state from whence he came and to establish a new 

domicile in the state In which he serves, a person In the mllltary service does not acquire a domlclle in the latter etate. 

In Gallagher v. Gallagher, 214 S.W. 516 (Tex.CIv.App. lglg), 

the-&& stated: 

nOrdlnarlly, it Is a presumption of law 

that where a person actually lives Is his domlclle, such presumption o? course being rebuttable; but no such presumption could arise in 

the case of a soldier in active service, who 

has no choice of domicile, but must ordlwarlly 
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Eon. Glbb Gilchrlrt, page 3 (S-95) 

cling to hi8 domlclle o? origin. Ordfn8rlly, 

8~ act of removal to a cert*la loc*tlon, coupled with the lmtont to make a permanent reeldolce there, might be sufflcien% to fix 8 

domicile, but %bat is bec8uare the removal 18 

volumtarfly made, which could no% OCCUP In the 

case of a 801dfer In active eervlce. It Pollows that the removal of the latter to a plrce 

and his rerfdence there POP Thor8 would not 

offer any probrtive evldemce to corroborate 

evldemce 88 to 88 lntentlom to make the p18ce 

his home, D Q 0" 

Thla pO8itiOD ffada fur&or eup ort 

Wilson; 189 S.W.2d 212 (Tex.Clv.App. 

lnr Wilson h 

1945 P P 

"A review of the~lrw pert8inlng to the 

rerideace of 8 soldier who 18 sent to Texas 

from another state under mllltary order8 

properly beglale wf%h the CPBQ OS Gallagher 

v. Gallagher, Tex.Clv.App., 214 S.W. 516, 

518. It lm there held that the word8 Ynhabitant,' 'cl%leesa' and 're$ldent' mean 

eub8%8n%i81ly %he e8me thing. In order to 

be an InhabItam% one mu8t rcqulre a domicile 

or holae, sad 1% must h8ve the 8%8tUp of permmeacy OQ it. There muart ~0% only be$an lntestion t0 08tabli8h a pOnaplnew% domlefle or 

home, but the lntele%lon murt be accompawled 

by come ,oct dome 1~ the l xrcutloa of %he lntern&, A aoldler CPB abaw&on hi8 domlclli of 

origin amd select awot~be~, et,la order to 

show a new~domlclla dupfag & e %e~m of enllstmemt, there mumt be %he ,cEorres% alad most unequfwocal proof* y e 0* 

We eoroluae from %he *bovehu%horf%le8 that mere 

rerldeace in Texae by a mmber of the armed forces while on 

rctlve mllitaP'J du%y wll%hlw Its boundapfor, regord1088 of 

the lewg%h of rrach 8%aT, would 80%~ rtaadfng 8Ponc evidence 

awg lateat ow the part of ~ueB reryfceman to eBtabil8h hi8 

dgmlclle In Toroe" Of cowme addltlo881 P"ac%s mlgh% 8upport a&d es%ablleh %he bow8 fide Intern% con%amppla%ed by our 

court decisions D Am %o which f8etor8 OF positive rc%s mfght, 

comldered aumula%lvely, evldemce &be pequlslte ln$ev&, we 

c8w prescribe no r%aadaPd; the foc%s lw each e8oe will meceesltate reparate evollwtiomO 
Hon. Blbb Gllohrirt, page 4 (S-95) 

Answering your flrrt questl8a we hold tb8t military 

aaslgnment wtbhia the State of Texor For oey period of time 

does not In the abar8ae of additional evldewce operate to 

Pemove tie domloi.18 dY 8a out-of-state veteran io this st8te 

for educational purposes. 

We advise rou lm re 

both cIrcum#Ii&n8e8 (a) aatl (b? 

ly to your second quertlon that 

comtalned th8Peia erg orb&fled 

to con8ldePr~i0r 3.n Pe8olvlag doaiclllary questio88,but that 

neithOP 18 C&K3$u8iW Of a decision. A deci8io8 mU8t Pest On 

an,evaluatiom of all attemdlwg clrcumrtaroee la each particular 

ca8e. 

Mere reslcleace la Texas by a member of the 

armed foroe8 a8 a consequesoe of nl3.lta~ a68lgnment doe8 not, stardiag alone, operate to establish hi8 residence in Texar for educational purposes. Th8t he ha8 brought hi8 family to Texas 

and ha8 lived off the pert So.? li? moW.h8, or that 

he h88 hi8 ~oml~j with hi&, ha8~ aoquikal rwlty 

and i8 paying tbXe8 it3 the 8iiCt8 +%'a fact8 of 

evldeatlarg v8luO In detePrlaleg domlcllQ. 

APPROVED :

Dean J. C8pp 

011 & 088 Dlvlslon 

Wllllr E. Qrerham 

Reviewer 

Bureell W81drep 

Executive Arriataat 

Joha Be8 Slwpperd 

AtttHnOy Oble~81 

Yours verJl truly, 

JCHlp BE3 SH@~&EA$ 

Attoraey General 

,y --hw+Etia*/ 

Wert St8Pnes 

Asrlstant