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 thaaTexas, 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 

### re8idO8tof th&t state 88tirfy the reriderce requirements for eduaa$ioael pUrpOSe8 in Texas by Mving served 01) activeduty laTexae for a period of 12 month8 OPPLOCO8Ub8Oqlleat to hi8 tweaty-first birthd8yT

O2. If the answer to the above question 18 Negative,would the f8ct (a) that he has bro"&ht his family iatoTexas and has lived oif’ he post 

### for 12 molpthsor (b) thathe has hla family with him, has acquired real property and pays taxes ID the statehave any effect?"
Section 1, subsection 2, Article 

### 2654c,Vernon’s Civil Statutes, after detailing tuition rate8 for non-resident 8tudOPt8registering la State COllOgOS,provide8 ia part as followrs. - _.d-

,

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

"(a) A nonresident student 18hereby 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;familyhas 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 overwho resides out OS WI8 Strte or who a8 

### metbee8 

### a reatdert of the 

### Strte'twelve 412)maths subrequertto 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, 106Tw. 460,

the following lang&ge:' ourt def aed domlclle in

"Residencemean8 living In a particular locality,but domlclle metan living in that localitywith 

### the latent to make It a fired 

### andpermanenthome. Residence simplyrequires 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.“


### Znteatloaie a8 

### esreWl81 eoneider8tloala 

### deternlndamlclle,818 thusthe solution tb e&Ch depend upon 811 the 

### factsad clrcum8tolrces tend to support OP negote PO intention to

In the absence of a 

### clearIntert to rbandonhi8 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 servicedoes 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 Ishis domlclle, such presumption o? coursebeing rebuttable; but no suchpresumption could arise in the case of a soldier in active service,who has no choice of domicile,but must ordlwarlly.. - - -

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 isbec8uarethe removal 18 volumtarflymade, 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 P 1945 P

"A review of the~lrw pert8inlng to the rerideace of 8 soldier who 18 sent to Texas 

### fromanother state undermllltary 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&onhi8 domlclli of origin amd select awot~be~, et,la order to show a new~domlclladupfag & 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%hlwIts boundapfor, regord1088 of the lewg%h of rrach8%aT,would 80%~ rtaadfng 8Ponc evidence awg lateat ow the 

### part of ~ueB reryfceman to eBtabil8hhi8 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 decisionsD 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 evollwtiomOHon. 

### Blbb Gllohrirt, page 4 (S-95)

Answering your flrrt questl8a we hold tb8tmilitary aaslgnment

### wtbhiathe 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-stateveteran io this st8te for educationalpurposes.

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.



### Merereslcleacela Texas by a member 

### of the armed foroe8 a8 a **consequesoe** of nl3.lta~ a68lgnment doe8 not, stardiag alone, operate to establish hi8 residence inTexar for educationalpurposes. 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 it3the 8iiCt8 +%'afact8 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