Snyder v. Pitts

How courts have described this case

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• stating that for a place of abode to become a residence, a party must show that they “have some right of possession and not be a mere visitor”
• holding that the elements of a person’s residency include whether the residence is (1) a fixed place of abode within the possession of the party, (2) occupied or intended to be occupied consistently over a substantial period of time, and (3) permanent rather 17 than temporary
• holding payment of rent meets the right-of-possession element to establish a secondary residence
• explaining that residence requirements for breach of oral contracts require: (1) a fixed place of abode within the party’s possession; (2) occupied or intended to occupy consistently over a substantial period of time; and (3) which is permanent, and not temporary
• explaining that residence requirements for breach of oral contracts require: (1) a fixed place of abode within the party's possession; (2) occupied or intended to occupy consistently over a substantial period of time; and (3) which is permanent, and not temporary
• noting the “intent to make it a permanent home” is not necessary to establish residence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).