Key legal question
Whether the Justice of Peace in U________ had jurisdiction over the succession because the deceased had acquired a Swiss domicile in Q________.
Extracted holding
No Swiss domicile was established because the deceased never actually resided in Switzerland; intention alone was insufficient.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 23 CC and Art. 20 LDIP, domicile requires both physical presence and intent to remain. The deceased had planned the move, but was hospitalized in France before moving and never established effective residence in Switzerland.