Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Bonon~l0 clKfor(_ _-__
B. Jones, Preeideat ,,“i,
Texas Taokwloglaal collr~
Labboak, Tew
\\
letter 0f SepteabW
tblr deportment rhloh
II of Major R. B.
Cofpm, and aephor
.A.,
lrrbwd by
atiiwtor 0rour 8.c.T.c.
olliag aa I otudsnt at
fr 4 underatan4lae that otfloero of the
Vatted Statw Army hate no lrecl statnaf that 1s
to Jar’, w Ir& r~aldonoe. The crbovs aaatioosd
‘-:lcbip9a, in ooaaeotloa rith rlvsr end
harborkattera, dnd it ia my understanding that
he has peadint orihna So? Srrviao ln thb Philip-
piab IaAandr. I aa iniorabd that last yrar Its Or
P&tit’s soa ~88,~a’ student at one OS the sohw f Ed
223 -
Eon. Ollffor3 8. Joma, ?a@ 8
k Tirglalrrhloh I baliatea a h r lmo oon-
08rrlontr ha 8eM of uy afrtoerr.
“If $08 xlll bo $0 kln.U liclts,.oonstruo tha
lbotowrrt1onor
noipr6orlfu lrti, or ray
o tb rlrxlrtln( rtrtoto ror the bbnollt o? t&b
luatutt easo, ~0 &all be arakful.*
SfrturO, p. 894, oh.. lS6
(YorBOa'r RWiUd arTi 8tatE e 8# &tlOlO 86840)prorider
la p4rt as fellou8r
V. h-oa la o h
aor-ro*ldoat rtrrdont, rho
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ro~lrtorr iorwar. (18) lr moParrnorkr
Qulvaloa;&fo
rromToxor
rtudestr
of
rohoolrb tho 8tato o! rhlohthe lT a non-
rorldrat rtodrnt &hallba a nrldmt, ~14
amount to bo dotonined rrrd flxrhby the (overn-
board8 of tlkarororallantltotlotu la rhloh
‘“p d rtodrntr
6a out mgfetof,but la no wont rhall
mob anomt be 1~8 thrnthat ohargodto rtudaatr
rarldrat la kur. Protldod, houoror, that if
thlr arepa h shall k hold to k anoomtltu-
trona! or v& from aw oauro there rballbo
oolloot8d $rosraoh non-rul&t ltudbat tbkrtm
o~ar uho roaldosout of the
St8toor who bar rrrldedrlthlothe Stato for a
p+rlodor 108s than trolro(le)‘wnthnprior to
the 'dgto ot roglrtrrtloa.a
Tka MN “ruide”, lrea1den0*w
rnA a~omlollr*
hrw born (liven trrfobmmniap aad shaderof meaalng. Ia
someinrtanoor tke bra oonstruod to k diffenot and is
othorr t&ar are heid to be ldentloal depondlryopoatho
lppwont sense l.~ tiioh thrr are mplopd rhon oomlderrd
tamtbr with the rhole.oontrxt of a etatutor ft ~88 rfetsd
a W& ~iJIiOSI \Irthi# dOpWtMt, bbte6So&m&W 13, 1935,
224
Bon. Cliftord B. Jonas, Psge S
addroartrdto Dr. Ii. Y. Bonedlot, that *roeldoa
as uaad
la thisrtatate has tha 8~ aaaalnd as m60aioll~*.
Thla @aao ruliq web a8dr la Conioraaoo 6plnlon Xo.t99T,
dated January 10, lOS6,Attocwr Os$eral@a Roporta 193.b
195d, 9. 114, dirested to sr. 8. Y. imodlot.
l?m etudeat la question bein8 lo&a than tmaty-
on. (21) ~08x-8 or I Mdar the re8lprooal Ioo law ho
1s a aoa-mald~rrt a r &u&b11~11~in Toxna away from his
imilt, lf hlr *fa8llyrealdsa ip aaothu state*, or
his fasllyhas rreld8drltbiothlr 8tato fo r l porlod of
tiae louathantml~@ (12)aoatb prior to tho date or
re~lstratlon. 38 lStm() !X’OBJOUT bttU thSt th@ fald]J
of this atudeat ha8 never msldsa In Toxna.
The 2cmiral rule at ooazcon law la ~811 ratab-
llrhadthat tho realaoaoa or daniolloof ra lafaat la
ordiaarily that of the parent@.If tka fathorla lirlng,
tha 4oalolloof the familysad tho ohlrdrollowathat of the
father. 9 R.C.I.. 84Ts Gal! a:& 9. I. Ryr 00. vr L~IO~B
109 Tox. 246 206 3. a, 95 5 A.L.R. 9181 DmtorlrT. Wfa,
(T.0.9,rose!8s S. u. (eaj841.
Tour question 18 rppareLltly bared apon tha ae-
ltmptloa that oftiowa or tha unitedStstu Amy hme no
legalroaldonao. ‘?tlth till8 ne oanaot ape. IO is aoao-
timer broably rtwba that all pmrolu attat at all time8
hnt* 8oaa ra8ldaaoo. Thlr la tsuo beoause the deriollr
OS ori@ rearah the 4oalolla ot an individual until
ohanged. Ofiloora in the lt1 00of~tho United States
Ar8y are no wooptlon to the rule. Trl 2 vr Trig2(X0.
1931)U d. tL (2d)5634Karrlr t* Karr fa (Iowr19271
2l5 II. :n”. 6611 Salt v. Shsilar, lb To&. Supp. 856; =iealoy
v4 Vnlted St-stea, ‘I Pod. Supp. 434.
It 18 lt6tad in TrfgS v. Trl& auprar
*It mat be ~oncodod that plalntlfr was a
ruldent of Celifornla when he entered the army
ln 1919, and that hi8 Io+yA raaldenoa would be
presumed to fenala tk elme until ohsn@d. How-
etor, It la rqoally trua thbt then lr rto Jn-
eblllty oa tho part OS !I soldier to lff8ot~allf
obanga hla’iorlbrnoa aa (I oltlzbO if he 80 da-
alroa.”
225. -
the etude& lo questton, we quote tb follonirq
lrngu*a froa omaa v* etoyrll,(T*C*A.
lQ)s),64
Bi 1. f84) bdot
*x0 better 68rwti0n lrr8 ~OXI gbO8
os~‘reai4eno4’ tE@B tEat g,l*ea by,Clrault
ftldg. arnkiru la 80 GarneUL, WI P.‘b?I,
68 a. a. &. (05, 406, where thr routt 88ldl
R88%d~AOS bra k8A dOfiA*d t6 ‘ti b BhOO
rvhora a pereon’ bsbltati~ I8 riaa, without
a4 preaoatintratloo of zwuori~ thenrma.
It ia loat bf.learfng the plaoe rhere one her
so q ulr d l p mnnAa Ac Eo m a n4 r a meta to
another enh o non rmmaai, an4 18 gala04
renalnlng la rush am plaoeanho nenden-
74 . . . The tosm la aa alastlo em, and
dirriaot~ or role* dstinlflon~ The aenao
in whioh lt ar ould be ursd la oontrollad by
r0rtmm00 to the objeof, Da ~8anlna 18 de-
andent @pan the ahunaatan~a tbra eurround-
L the parson gpoo tlir oheraqtar of work
to be perfomd, upn vaetkr Es lb48I idly
or a ho80 io rrrotbr plam, and lugolt upon
kia present intention.*
The lengthor abaeno9 trOa the donloll 0i
or&ln uoail6 not Eo eontrolling where the naoersary
intention an8 otbr airawt~no*a iadioatlnu 6 ahang*
or reeldenoe ar8 sot plbaent, In the oam or Barr18
v. I h r r lalupr#‘
, , one or the pert188g.rdustod frcm
aohoolla ``.Mol~ea im 1889and wbnt to #oat
iif.it* solbaoqwntl~ ho was tranaforre6 to muq mllltarl
poet8 lnaludw the Phlll~plnr Ialrnda nnd tEa Panama
Cannl Zone. IA 19ebha was traaaferrd from the PaBaas
Canal ZOM to Fort Bdc8, Naea~, rhero he raa ststlonsb
at thr tlma of the trial, It wsa held that hk rml-
bsnoo was atiS la Iowa, linor ho newer had the intontlon
to eatabllah another nsldenoe the mea uer. not of hla
ova volition rnd ti lirod on the r~8~rWhlOn8r
IA Coafonnae O~lnlon Pi. 8977, datedJanuary
10, 1936, lupra, earoral quemtioaa oonoeral~ th* rest-
deaoa of Aray Offiosr8 *6ce Maven4 iA OOASt~Ul~
Art101e26840, aquote thr pwtinsnt parta ot that
o-plnlonc
Hon. Clifford 8. Jones, Page 8
*Aa rry oiflorr oan have legal rorldenae
la Texas for tee purpo8ee under tha terns and
prorialona 0r thr atutute In quastloa, TEo
generalprlnolplea 6rternInlng his resldanoo
ore the lme es thoasdrtermlnIn& the raaldenoe
or aof other person. The bone fide intention
0r the axny orrloar would larg.17 ooatrol the
que8tloa of realdenoe in oonneetlon with the
statute la queatlon.
“Of oourae, he iould hsvr to oomply rlth
the provialona OS Artlole 26848, and wouldham
to realdewlthln the State of Taos for a period
of time of at laaat twelve (12) month8 prior
to the date oi raglatratIon or the student be-
form ha would be entitled to be olaasIrlad so aa
to reaelve the benefits or a rsaldent or the
State of Texas.
“(1). The realdenoe ltntuaunder the
statute t&erred to of an army oifiaer who la
ltetlonod la Texas and rho has been so stationed
ror lt least twelve (18) wntha prior to the
raglatrrtloa ln the Unlveralt~ of his &nor ohll-
drrn would depend largely upon the bona tide
lntantlon of the anay orrloer.
*If a boAa iid0 intWltiOA ~86 to beoom
a raaldent of tha State or Texas when ha so
aorrd to Texas we see ao reason why at the
end of tnOlv8 tie) month8 hla minor ohlld would
nat be entitled to raglater la the Unlverslty
as a resident rtudaplt.
"(2). fr an aw oriloer has bean In
Taxsa ror leas than tralre (12) month8 Prior
to the ohlld’s re letration in tha UnlY0rSit7
or TOXOS, the oh1 f d oould not be OlaSsifl8d as
a resident student beoause or the rpaalrio
partloular provision oi ArtIole Z6640, 3. 3. S.,
xhloh prorldes that a student ir a non-rasldent
unless he has resided in Tern tnelre (12)
months prior to the date of raglatratlon. diaO8
a minor oblla~a domlolle ia that OS its ``~tnta
Eon. ClIffor b. Jones, Page b
the length or time of the rorideaoe of Uia
perenta rould dater!&u under this statute.
*If, however, et the time of the mv;n$
0r the rr;rtofffoetto Texashis Intention uaa
to make Tex:.~ hi-a doAloil8,th8Aet the 8~6 ot
tu@,Zto(1Z)aaoatha otterha has beoono 8 reeldmt
ot Texas, hla alnor ohlld oen reglatar es 8
resident afudant,
"(Sl. The m8ldenO8 olraaltloatlon at an
orrloerrightbs lr io o tabyd his leg01
‘“3 denae at the time he anterod the arag.
rae On-
lqsahe had 8oAe raeronto ohange his laoeor.
realdinoe, whiohwouldhoveto 'beooup Ped wlth
both rma 8na Inteatlon, his plaoe of rrsiaenoe
wmld k that of hls lqal resldenoe et the tlmo
he ontorsd the am. Most 8~ ofrloera ratati
theirleealrealdance rblob: they had et tho
tlao theyenterodtho amy, but tbia $8 not man-
datom or oaaptrl80~.If aondltiona wse to
ohangaor r60t8 nero to shirtrhanln they 60-
aired to ohange their raaidonoo, thereis no-
thing under the low to preventthen fropp dolag
so9
Fur do not think they ao\rld
arbltraril~
ohooaaout a atata a8 thalr plaoe of raaldenoe
without lo?5a foot8 whlohxould pannitthOA t0
do ao, butlr rootswere auoh es would petit
them to beoonn 8 maidont ot 8’ aertcrti Potato,
end it their Intention use to boom8 8 real-
dent of that etato, thon there would be 00
reason why they 00p.la not 40 so.
“‘(4). lf an ormy orrloer stationed in
Texas eatrblIaher -a hoti ror hia CaaIlJ la tha
plaoe nhero he la etatloned but not on the
~orsrnment resa:ratIon, lr hir bona ride in-
tentlon was that or beoorlng 8 resident 0r
the State oi Trxes, he ronld be entitled to
the benefits oi 8 rerldont oltlrOn Mdar this
atetuta after ha had bsoomo a realdent of tha
Bteta or Foxes for tuel?a lli) moatha rlor to
the regtattatlon la the ulnf vereltr of %0x68 ef
. .
Eon. Cllfrord B. Jones, Ysco 7
his alnor ohIldrra.
*A8 la deteraialng maay of the qaaatlonr
aeked in thl8 letter, the lntsntioa of the army
otfloer.roold largely (rovera.
"(6). If ea array offleer who hao rerved
for one or more ybar8 in Texas followed by one
or aoro yearo of lervlae out of Texzr, ho mar
lnmtdiately alair the banefit of Texas rerldentr
ror a minor Oblld if rt tba tima he u48 in To1138
he artabliahed hi8 legal re8ldOaor in Teraa and
did not abandon his legal raoldenoe when ho
aoved ant 0r TOv38.
93. It 18 our oplalon that the general
rules and prlnaipler fovsrn1n.g retfdeaaer a5d
do~loilo8 eeaerally would appljto an otrioer
xbo 18 olasslflod 4s 4 505-l%8ldent of Texas.
If ooadit$on8, ooupled *ltb the latsatlon of
the 0rr;04r, aia not obange hi8 legal reridanoe
from the rtate in whloh he was a resident et
the tlm he enl18tb4d, then, of ooursb, he would
bb al48eiried 84 a msldeat 0r the rtato rroa
whlob he 4allrt4d; butt If iaot8, and alroua-
8t4Xl008, 000~1e4 rith hi8 illt85tiOll8, ohmged hi8
pl4Ob of r@sfdeaOeI, then hb would bb 0148slSied
aooordlng to the rtete Mder tbo elroumstaaoer
whlob olaiaed hia a8 a rertdent,
-TO do aot tbiak that aa army offioer oould
arbltkarllt plok any 8tste In the Union 44 hf8
plaoa ot r4rl44aoe, li ha bad nbvar been 8tatloaed
them, or tiad never lived tbora, but M do think
that an army oftloar oaa ohaua hi8 rO~I60500
iron the atate iroa rhloh he enllrtad if ho n-
4i&38 in a st:te end at tba tin0 of hi8 lW8ld4504
in the tald Btsts it la hi8 lntentlon to ohoose
that irtate a8 hi8 lee01 renldonoe.'*
It i8 our opialoa that the revldeaos 0r a nlnetbea
ye&r old 8oa or an army orfloer 18 15 the 8tote or the resl-
danas of hle father. The raslceaoe of the father 18 pre-
auned to be in the rtste or his residenoe wtea he entered
the ormy, however, it may be oha5pd ln aocordaaoe with
tb4 rules herein dlroussed.
Eoa. Clifford B. lowa, Psgr 8
Tbr faot8 84t out in your letter 4re aPI
8UfiiOi45t for U8 t0 04tb~OriO4lfy rtetb the 2'88id8508
0r tile 8tUdenf 15 qaeotfon, however, wu trwt tint
our diaoobsloa will snabla you to 4ppl.t the reolprooal
fba 1st~ in tbfr ia8tmoo.
IOUr 7.q tZ’Uly
BY
A88iS tdllt
ECOrBT
J..;TCRW GENR'k4L
OF TEXAS