Honorable Petriok D.JKoreland, Member
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
Austin, Texas
Opinion Ho. C-3248
Re: Ia 'LutherLivingston May8
at the present tJm8 a
resident of the Stat8 of
Texas, and haa he been a
bone f 166,oiti~pn.,therqof
1. ..i
r0r at ~~leaat~ii~ao.oam4b
elatlvo y&m 5Eltmaatoly
prcraodixigthirrtuta.,
Dear Sir:
We have your request for an oplnlon of this depart-
8mnt'a8 to-wheth8rinth8r Livingtaton~Xay818 e b8na Sid8.'
:oi$izen of pWa8 ana ha@ be88 8 bone Side oltiz8n of Texas ior i
et 108Stlriro,b0nie0ut2v43,jrwir8pn8odlng mh 6, 194l. Yoar
latter of request rbaltes the ~'ollowingfaatrt
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wIt,is stated that Mr. M&a, who h88'livod
sd in auba,~Wxleo and~rarlouwof the Oariblman
and South Am8riaen~crountrl88. In his -ohllbhood,
XPq Mq8 aooompanled hi8 parant to th&xrtation
in Ouba on.at 18eat one oooarloq Mrr~,N8y8*fath8r
'andmoth8r are desoendants of en old-lltii+
'%~a8
family whlah.dat88 to th8 days oS..ths%x+88 R8 EUo.
Aa stat&, his rsthes has apent meet or i)iij&lFs ae
a mireionary in the foreign eountr$sa m8ntiOn&
The family, however, is traditionally Texan.
-wlr.up w&. tsentto the University Of Ten~884M .
in 1984, ta&q hia B. A. degr68.ther8fiOIll
in ME%
Honorable Patriok D. Uareland, Page 8
u f&h&ran68 &f MS 8 duoat$on, he i~diataly ,:’.. “.~:..:
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~.entered the Unlvarsfty of Chioago, where he attended
until 1930, reoalvlng his M. A. bags88 therefrom.
Ha next attended the University of Illlnols, et
Urbana, where In 1937 ha raaeivad his Ph. D. degree
During his attendance at the last-mentioned Unlvar-
slty, he wea the holder of a teaching fellowship,
and uaa a laboratory assistant.
"Having thus prepared himself for the field
of taeahiq, Mr. Epgysaaaeptad the assistant pro-
fessorship of psyahology at Peylor University
whiohwae mentloned above, ih the year 1938. .,.
,*,ds,e~8ppOrtuMty prasautad .ltraU durin'g
the period or his l du~stioni,.itri':.~ys‘.Tetant,bto
T6kkkci' hiswith' his .$adly; :Upon the .oooaalgn
of a raoatlon or,a la&e. or abionae,:auah i@SIia~
ware-m&de-i Thed -when '-hag
noalved~hls .Ph;.D:;..'~
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dagrae, ha aoabptad %ha proiasaorship~.atBaylor
University, returning to Texas, Where he.,hasbean
since that tima.W
.i, .: ,.
Ue~ar8also~turnished with a~short~~~lattb;rifx%mMr.
Maya to Dr. iTo8tibh
Tarborough.,
madIng.&& iollpiS:.
vAstamy eltlzen8hlp, X am glad to state
that my rants were natlve Taxane,that I was
born in r axas; and ~thaialthoughI have.raeidad
tampor8rilyin other Iltatas,I have not per-
manentlysettledthere. I have always Intended
.to makrTaxas my pemanant home as Is evidanaed
by my $rasent oitlzarmhip @ Waao.*
The request ~dlaates that,your queatio~ arIaa bo- _;
oausa of the raqulremant of Art1818 SSSlb, Varnon*~~Annatatad
Civil Statutes, 8aatlon~8(f). Thir Se&ion provides:
%o parson shall aver be av&oyed by the
Unemployment Compenaatlon CJommlseionwho is not
at the tlma of his employmqt a bona fide oltizen
of the State of Taxaa or who will not have bean a
bona fide oltlzan of the State of Texas for at
least fly+ (5) aonaeoutlve years lmmadiately next
praoeding the date of employment.W
Honorable Pstriok.D,:Moreland, Page 3
Tlm:tsm!i%~ltkaB~,like *r&ldeht6 and'~dsmLMW!;~
is-not always .irpabX.of pnelii ds?5.nltlon,but may ins
diiiarent alrotuastanaasbe, *ad in dlffsrant senaits. The
faota disolose'that Hr. 3Yaysleft the State~oftTeras in 1924
and from thattlma to IS- was in sohool in various lnstitu-
tlons of hiphar learnine &Or the United States. So tar as
our in?ormat.lonEoas, he did not ~aaoaptemployment In a
oomwrolal sansai but yes angagsd In the.pursuit of hlqhar
aduoatlon preparatory to a taachfng~~oaraar.
Tha ?ollowln~ rule is sot out in 19 Qsrpuz.Juris,
407, page 19, oonoerning the abaanae,?rom one*s.homa or
domloile:
'If P pereon leaves his ho- or.domlallefor
a Camporhry pqosa with ap ~~~tifm to .raturn,
them l..no Qh.ng. or a.l@oll?.? ~' 1
This iabe' .mrthi~ substaitiated'by.fht3
oastiig
Sabriago, at.ux ia. WhIti; 50 Tsr. 5S3, in whlah the aourt
msde the tollowing ~statemanti
WIIo~lengthof absenoa ?rom~on~*e.domialle
when ona*B pUrpo88
,.
is to raturn tomit ap&rstas
a8 a ulsnge 0r dmloll..'
In.19 6orpusJaris 406, this IAna of raa~onliig
la
supportedby the following8fatomsntr
Vha orlglneldomlolle18 not ohangsd svsn
.&at a.xaandoe8 not nmsessrlly lo& his oltlsanshlp
by moVlugto anotherstats lti~shownby tha'opln%onof the Oourt
in 74 Tex..Sup. Gt. Rap., 370, whlah raadst
WJW having ao ulrsd domloila doss not lose
it withoutramoval Loti lt with intent .to-turn,
and the ssma rule 18 true atito absndanmant 0i.a
timeetaad onaa aoqaired.
"The burden of proo? in either oasa rests upon
the person asserting the afiirmative of the propo-
sltlon.W
H+zorable Patrick D# MO&land, Pags 4
In the oese ho?LumkIn.v.?7Icholson,
SO 8. W.~s@tB;:,_
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writ OS error denied, It was held that there was some avldazice
that the objeot of removal from the state was to obtain better
aducatlonal ?aollitles ?or the children, that the widow had not
antl~aly given up the intention of returning.to Texas, and that
the~deoeaseb had stated his Intention of reserving hia home
there as a "nest-age* for his family, the court hare held that
the Plaintiff had not.abandoned the home. A person's legal
residence or domicile is governed to a larce extant,by hIa
intention..
The information furnished us coxitalnedno statepent *.
of overt eat 0s Mr. Xays 1 tandine to establish a change of his'
domicile,alma the tlIpe he departed to attend the University
or Tennessee. His latter .statesthat he resided temporarily
In othar-ststeaj did not parmanantl~~~sattlethere, bqt alwsys
Intended to rake T+xss-,hIspormanaut ;homs. We ars ?uFthar
advlsadthst Nr. User+' ps&%n$s,dnd gra@dparsnts sra%!&Ivs .~
Texans and ~t-~.~hauj-qlw~~c~Ba~6d~~~~r h%wprrc
manent home.,Th$S.Ii suppoetad~by the ?a& that ha rsturnad
to Taxae upon.'obtaiMng his Doctor*s deea, end has 8inOa
that~tIma engaged In thatsadhing proiasslcn at Baylor.UnIvar-
sity,
It Is true that you have llttla evidenti g? ths
Intention of Mr. Hays during his absenoa?romthe Statq @he.
thsn his OOOS81OM1 return to the State on tisit8apd hI8~8Mtod
Intentlon of returning to.Taxas upon aomplstioq of~hls sdaaatIo&
We think that the provision requlrIng oltlzakilp ln
Texas for a period or tlve oonsacutlvs years preosdlngthe data
o$ amploynmnt by ths OommlsslonWa8 IntarpCmediorths ptmpO8e
of prasaning tha employment by the UommIoelonto Taxens,
Obviously, they rought to prevent tha~employznantof~trentilsnt
workers ln the admInIstratIon of the Texas Unemployment
Compan8atIon plan:
In opinion No. O-14= adtlrsisedto Honorable ~0. XV
1. EllIngson under dat? of Daoamber 18, 1989, this departmant
parson Inquired about hsd
advised the inquirer that IS thhei
at all tImas retained sn Intention of returning to Taxes as
hla,plaoe of resldanaa that ha had maintained a lagal'rssldenoa
in the atate of Textisfor a period of two yearn prior to that
time even though the man had left Texas aoma fi?taanyearsago.
Honorable Patrlok D. Marelen8, pace 6
Wo are iuxther edvleed
edrleed by you orally thmt the .~+,tr,
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'-of Ms.
Mr. Llvixqston
Llvlxqston naves moved their 3.egalrbaldenas from:;-:::
5.2::
Texas, but retained their altizenshlp In Texas. Thla pre- '.
eludes tinyoontentlon that the lo@ resldanoe was ohangad
during the minority of Mr. Xays.
Again, we have ~urelg a iaot quoetion in the prewnt
situation, abut oon&2erln~ the lntqtion of the Legislature
In the paseae;aof thfs Section of tha Unemployment Compensa-
tion Aot and the lntentlon of Mr. Mays as stated to you, we
think they would suPport a findine that he has been a citizen
of Texas for five oonsecutive years preceElnp the date of
your lnc:ulry.
Yours very truly
ATTOIWEY OENKRAL 08 TEXAS
,.,.,
by S. .I&rrla~Hobges
MEwaH Assistant
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