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    192 - White v. Tennant 31 W. Va. 790, 8 S.E. 596 (1888)

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    Mr. and Mrs. White sold their farm in West Virginia and moved to Pennsylvania with the intent to establish a new domicile there, though Mrs. White later returned to West Virginia due to illness. Mr. White continued working in Pennsylvania during the day while his wife recuperated. When Mr. White later died of typhoid fever in West Virginia, the court ruled that his domicile was Pennsylvania and its laws would govern the administration of his estate, as the Whites had sold their property in West Virginia and established residence and intent to remain in Pennsylvania, even if only for a short time.

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    Mr. and Mrs. White sold their farm in West Virginia and moved to Pennsylvania with the intent to establish a new domicile there, though Mrs. White later returned to West Virginia due to illness. Mr. White continued working in Pennsylvania during the day while his wife recuperated. When Mr. White later died of typhoid fever in West Virginia, the court ruled that his domicile was Pennsylvania and its laws would govern the administration of his estate, as the Whites had sold their property in West Virginia and established residence and intent to remain in Pennsylvania, even if only for a short time.

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    Mr. and Mrs. White sold their farm in West Virginia and moved to Pennsylvania with the intent to establish a new domicile there, though Mrs. White later returned to West Virginia due to illness. Mr. White continued working in Pennsylvania during the day while his wife recuperated. When Mr. White later died of typhoid fever in West Virginia, the court ruled that his domicile was Pennsylvania and its laws would govern the administration of his estate, as the Whites had sold their property in West Virginia and established residence and intent to remain in Pennsylvania, even if only for a short time.

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    Mr. and Mrs. White sold their farm in West Virginia and moved to Pennsylvania with the intent to establish a new domicile there, though Mrs. White later returned to West Virginia due to illness. Mr. White continued working in Pennsylvania during the day while his wife recuperated. When Mr. White later died of typhoid fever in West Virginia, the court ruled that his domicile was Pennsylvania and its laws would govern the administration of his estate, as the Whites had sold their property in West Virginia and established residence and intent to remain in Pennsylvania, even if only for a short time.

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    White v.

    Tennant
    31 W. Va. 790, 8 S.E. 596 (1888)

    FACTS:
    Mr and Mrs White lived in West Virginia but decided to transfer to Pennsylvania, even
    selling their farm in West Virginia, took all their properties and livestock, and transferred
    to Pennsylvania.

    However, upon coming there, Mrs White contracted typhoid fever so they went back to
    West Virginia. Mrs White stayed in West Virginia but Mr White tended to their livestock in
    Pennsylvania during the day. Mr. White later contracted typhoid fever, and died.

    ISSUE: WON the domicile of Mr. White is Pennsylvania, thus, its law would govern the
    administration of the decedent's estate?

    RULING:
    THE COURT RULED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. Even if they stayed there for a very short
    period of time, since there was act of staying in Pennsylvania and even selling all their
    properties in West Virginia plus the INTENT to abandon old domicile and establish new
    domicile, this effected to the Pennsylvania governing the estate of Mr. White.

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