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could not hold itself bound by the decisions of
State courts, however great respect might be
felt for their learning, ability, and impartialty.
{Sse Swift os. Tyson, l6 Peters r.. l; Carpen.
ter Is. the Providence ms. Co. h., 495; Fox.
croft rs. Mallet, How, 1853 Rowan vs. Run.
nells, How, l34)
Some reliance has been placed on the fact,
that the decision ia the Supreme Court of Mis-
sours was between these parties, and the suit
theirs was abandoned to obtain another trial in
the courts of the United States.
Ig Homer vs. Brown, l6 How, asa, this
couss made a decision upon the construction of
d. Else OF lands, in direct opposition to the
unas imous opinion Of the Supreme Court of
Mas achusetts, between the same parties, re-
spec ing the same subjectmatter the claimant
havi q become nonsuit in the State court in
orde to bring his action in the Circuit Court of
the United States. did not sit in that case.
hayi ,g been Of counsel for one of the parties
Will at the bar but, on examining the report
of Il argument of the counsel for the plaintiff
in e, or, l find they made the point, that this
coul ought to give effect to the construction
put, pom the will by the State court, to the end
that rights respecting lands may be governed
by 10 law, and that the law of the place where
the 1nds are situated, that they referred to the
Stat decision of the case, reported in Cush.
lngf 39O, ana 70 many decisions of this court.
But his court does not seem to have consider
ed tie point Of sufficient importance to notice it
in t cir opinions.
y hen the decisions of the highest court of a
Sta, are directly in conflict with each other, it
has een repeatedly held, here, that the last de-
cisi is not necessarily to be taken as the rule.
Sts q Bank rs. KnooP, l6 How, a69 Pease us.
Pee !, Ia How, 1884, -.
I, these considerations desire to add, that
it " 8 not made known to the Supreme court of
Mis- ouri, 30 far as appears, that the plaintiff
was married in Wisconsin with the consent of
Dot or Emerson, and it is not made known to
US at Doctor Emerson was citizen of Mis-.
sou I, fact to which that court seem to have
att. he'd much importance. I
s .tting here TO administer the law between
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master, resided about two years 81 the military
post of Fort Smelling, being a rgeon in the
army of the United States his dof ,iciI of origin
being unknown; and what, if any hipg, he had
done, to preserve or change his iouici prior
to his residence at Rock Island, eing also un-
known.
Now, it is true, that under som, circumstan.
ces, the residence of military off6er at partc-
ular place, in the discharge of bis official du-
| ties, does not amount to the sefHisition of a
technical domicil. But it cantsos be affirmed,
| with correctness, that it nevest does. There
being actual residence, and this icing presump-
| tive evidence of domicil, all the circumstances
of the case must be considered before a legal
conclusion can be reached that Ais place of res
idence is not his domicil. If q military officer
stationed at particular post satuld entertain
an expectation that his residereG there would
be indefinitely protracted, and, " consequence,
should remove his family to tbs place where
his duties were to be discharged. form per-
manent domestic establishment taere, exercise
there the civil rights and discharge the civil
duties of an inhabitant, while he Odd no act, and
manifested no intent to have domicil else
where, think no one would say bat the mere
fact that he was himself liable to lie called away
by the orders of the Government would pre-.
vent his acquisition of technic Il domicil at
the place of the residence of hi uself and his
family. In other words, do no think mill.
tary officer incapable of acquiri * domicil
Bruce vs. Bruce, 2 Bos. and Ppl, 23O; Nun.
roe rs. Douglas, Mad. Oh. R., 32.) This be.
ing SO, this case stands thus: there was evil
dence before the Jury that EN- srson resided
about two years at Fort Smelling, in the Terri
tory of Wisconsin. This may q may not have
been with such intent as to mars it his techni-
cal domicil. The presumption 10 that it was
Smith, IA How, and the authors Ties in support
OF the position are there refers ID to. His in
tent was question of fact for u 9 jury. Fitch
burg cs. Winchendon, 4 Cush, 1901
The case was taken from tn jury. IF theJ
held power to find that the pre- amp;;ion of the
necessary intent had not been r butt d, we can
not say, on this record, that E aerson had no
his technical domicil at Fort Sr ,llinp. But, fo
reasons which shall now proc ed to give, d.