State ex rel. Burt v. Allen
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Ohio County. Action by the State to use of Louis Burt, against James Allen and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Judge:
F. A. Blum sued Louis Burt before a justice of Ohio County, and sued out an attachment, which was levied on Burt’s goods and chattels. Burt claimed that the property levied upon was exempt under section 23, chapter 41, Code, exempting, in favor of a husband or parent, personal property of two hundred dollars in value; but the constable sold the property, disregarding Burt’s claim of exemption. The constable was one specially deputed by the justice in the case, not a regular bonded constable. Burt returned to the State before the sale. After the sale of the property Burt brought this…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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