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 HOLMES W..OaES0M;,,& CAMHOBNIA BY. 00. S3>7 actually.inj^abited by Jjiiu/.sr^ift au inhabitaiit of a' place is oup who, prdinaril j ispergonally present there j; not merely in itinere, but as a resident and dTveller therein. Domicile, asa question of f act,; is ofteij: one* of; great. difficulty to determiiie. Yeifyin contemplation of law^je^^ery one hasadoinicile Bome- where, becaiiç,e vpon it generffUy. depends bis ipersonai status) rigWs, and dnties, and the. disposition ,of hislprbpertyaf ter his death. Mingtqny. North Bridgiwater,23ii'Pick.llQ-, 'M'itcheU ■ y,,.r/ie,t/. sJn Wall. 351;!Z)e«ware,.v..TfeeriE7. S. 93 ii.' S'p 609. Purthermore, a persoif>who, in contemplation of la-w,- hp,B a domicile, .njayjnevertjielesa/jaaa'jmatterof fact, be a naer^wanderex and not an inhabitant e^iany. place. ^UpQntliJfl view of.the lawi, I dp- inot tiiink-f-tbat Perkins oan be considered' ^ji; ijjhabitant of-iJaiCksoii cotinty at ,the time of', Ma d«(ath, nor, indepd,:of anycQiiaityiin the state. As kmaà- ter;of fact be had ceased to.ireslde inJaoksop couni;y, and was joumeying tbi^çagh theistateio .Califorhia. 'ISberefore;! the power to grant letters of . ddattinistiratioB "'upom his. eaii^tei belooged toJhe;fiourt of the;cduniyjiif-;ainy,-.oi -wliich' be?wias an inbabitant;iûimediately before;;his death;;; Hetwasan'; inhabitant qf Jackson couiity before his death, but I doubtif he.was iijimedifttely before.: Imhiediately nieans without any-: thing interveiiiçig-^the very. opposite lof! mediately.: lia this, s.tatute it signifias that; the administrfeition sHall be grantedini the;COjiAty.çf ^rhich thedfeceasedwas im'inhabitaflitstt orliaat' before bis dpatj».: ,:, . ,; j- [■;; uu.i '::■' '•''[ . >:;> " hio:) ■- , The six week^.;iintnediately ptededing; Ms; death. Perkins • lived ii| iJ^Eion, loounty, and, 'although hedid not inte'nd'to' reçi^in ihjere jji^mancûtlyjibut Only tintil fais mother cbuld; ot^tain, th^; laeapa to get awity c^itll, .^et:I aim incliaed 46 tire ' opinion that thatwas the last jcouMy'be.wasananhabitaint.oK before his death; if it Was nQt,othen Jacksdii Icoeaty ' *aa.H However that maybe, I doinôt ehink: Perkihs was aii'diihffb-;' itant of Multnomah county at; the.'time et ils death,. and^ th€j:§f or^, as ^) Ba'atter ôl f acl;^ the: «outity court of ^àt' oounty waft not aotheffized toi ^anfeilettars:of Jadiiûiriietrat&n< upon i hift .e#a|t6<! i^ajiythisl.bjrings; uô tojithei con^ideralioB! o|.*;the'i