Noah Haynes Swayne

“ The place where a person lives is taken to be his domicile until facts adduced establish the contrary. [6]
The proof of the domicile of the claimant at Louisville is sufficient. There is no controversy between the parties on that proposition. We need not, therefore, further consider the subject.
A domicile once acquired is presumed to continue until it is shown to have been changed. [7] Where a change of domicile is alleged the burden of proving it rests upon the person making the allegation. [8] To constitute the new domicile two things are indispensable: First, residence in the new locality ”

“ Property taken at sea, belonging to persons domiciled in the insurgent States, was uniformly held to be confiscable as enemy property. All these things were done as if the war had been a public one with a foreign nation. [1] The laws of war were applied in like manner to intercourse on land between the inhabitants of the loyal and the disloyal States. It was adjudged that all contracts of the inhabitants of the former with the inhabitants of the latter were illegal and void. ”

“ Among the circumstances usually relied upon to establish the animus manendi are: Declarations of the party; the exercise of political rights; the payment of personal taxes; a house of residence, and a place of business. ”