Mobilia
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Movable things; movables, q.
V.
Mobilia non habet situin
Movables have no situs. ^ Mobilia personam sequuntur, immobilia situm. Movables follow the person, immovables the locality. The use and transfer of personalty is regulated by the law of the domicil of the-owner; the use and disposition of realty, by the law of the place where situated.4 See Place, 1; Property; Situs. ' [Angell, Ins. § 136; Harris v. York Mut. Ins. Co., 60 Pa. 341 (1855). 2 County of Allegheny v. Gibson's Son & Co., 90 Pa. 397, 404 (1879): Httsburgh Riot of July 20-84, 1877. See also Solomon v. Kingston, 24 Hun, 562 (1881); Hart i;. Bridgeport, 13 Blatch, 289 (1876); Wing Chung v. Los Angeles, 47 Cal. 351 (1874); Atchison v. Twine, 9 Kan. 356 (1872); Dale County v. Gunter, 46 Ala. 118 (1871); Baltimore v. Poultney, 25 Md. 107 (1866;; Darlington v. New York City, 31 N. Y. 187-89 (1865); 16 Alb. Law J. 109 (1877), cases and statutes; Wis. Act 1886. 3 4 Johns. Ch. 472.