Cases on the conflict of laws : selected from decisions of English and American courts . who seek to showthat the domicile of origin has been superseded by a domicile of choice !And rightly, I think. A change of domicile is a serious matterâserious enough when the competition is between two domiciles bothwithin the ambit of one and the same kingdom or countryâmoreserious still when one of the two is altogether foreign. The changemay involve far-reaching consequences in regard to succession anddistribution and other things which depend on domicile. To the same effect was the inquiry which Lord
Cases on the conflict of laws : selected from decisions of English and American courts . who seek to showthat the domicile of origin has been superseded by a domicile of choice !And rightly, I think. A change of domicile is a serious matterâserious enough when the competition is between two domiciles bothwithin the ambit of one and the same kingdom or countryâmoreserious still when one of the two is altogether foreign. The changemay involve far-reaching consequences in regard to succession anddistribution and other things which depend on domicile. To the same effect was the inquiry which Lord Cairns proposedfor the consideration of the House in Bell v. Kennedy, L. R. 1 H,L. Sc. 311. It was this: Whether the person whose domicile Avasin question had determined to make, and had, in fact, made thealleged domicile of choice his home with the intention of establish-ing himself and his family there, and ending his days in that coun-try? In a later case, Douglas v. Douglas (1871) L. R. 12 Eq. 6-15,which came before Wickens, V. C, who was an excehent lawyer, â12. 178 GENERAL PROVISIONS. (Part 1 and owing to the official position which he long held peculiarly con-versant with cases of this sort, all the authorities were reviewed. Thecompetition there was between a Scotch domicile of origin and analleged English domicile of choice. The learned Vice Chancellorthought the case a peculiar and difficult one. He put the questionin this way: What has to be here considered, he said, is wheth-er the testator * * * ever actually declared a final and deliber-ate intention of settling in England, or whether his conduct and dec-larations lead to the belief that he would have declared such an in-tention if the necessity of making the election between the countrieshad arisen. My Lords, if the authorities I have cited are still law, the ques-tion which your Lordships have to consider must, I think, be this:Has it been proved with perfect clearness and satisfaction to your-sel
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