Court Opinion

ID: 7097008
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 12:12:01.580674+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:13:17.054822
License: Public Domain

Adams, J.
i practice: , affidavits. I. It is claimed that the court erred in allowing affidavits which had been filed in court at a previous term support of a different motion and under a different garnishment, to be used in support of the motion made in the present case. The parties, however, were the same and the point to which they were filed, to-wit, the residence of Howard, was the same, and we are unable to see that the plaintiff was prejudiced in any respect.
2. husband ?dence.ie II. The affidavits and counter affidavits taken ' together show that prior to 1867 the said Howard and his family were residing in the city of Burlington, Iowa; that in that year the said Howard’s wife, having some money of her own, bought some real estate in Illinois and moved upon it, and has resided there ever since; that said Howard is a machinist, and is employed by the said Murray Iron Works Co., in Burlington, Iowa, and expects to continue in the service of said company; that he could not prosecute his trade where his wife lives, and has never intended to reside there, or elsewhere than in Burlington, Iowa; that he has never claimed the right to vote in Illinois, but has claimed to be a resident of Iowa; that his wife is dependent upon him for support; that he visits her about once in four months, and she often visits him in Burlington. It is claimed that the. affidavits show that Howard’s family resides in Illinois, and that as a matter of law his residence also should be regarded as in that state.
If Howard visits his wife only about once in four months he could not be considered as living with her. Where a man’s residence becomes established -in a state, if his wife afterwards removes to another state, and he does not follow her except to visit her, but continues in the state where his residence had become established, without any intention of removing therefrom, he does not cease to be a resident of that state by reason of the removal of his. wife to another,
Affirmed.