Opinion
January 23, 1950.
Present — Nolan, P.J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Sneed, JJ.
In an application for admission to the Bar, it appears that the applicant concluded his attendance at a law school in Massachusetts in January, 1948, and then returned to Brooklyn. He filed his application to this court for admission to the Bar on June 3, 1948. From March, 1948, through September, 1949, he lived with his wife in Watertown, Massachusetts, and was employed by a Boston law firm. During this period applicant was not an actual resident of this State, nor had he actually resided in this State for six months prior to the making of his application for admission to practice. Application for admission to the Bar denied upon the ground that the applicant has failed to establish that he was an actual resident of the State of New York for six months prior to the making of his application to the court for admission to practice, as required by rule 1 of the Rules of Civil Practice, with leave, however, to renew the application upon proper proof of compliance therewith. Actual residence means an abode where one actually lives, and not a mere naked legal residence.