Haswell v. Parsons
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Tenth District. The Court below found—1st. That on the second day of January, 1858, plaintiff, a resident of Yuba county, was a farmer, house-holder, and head of a family, having a wife and three children dwelling with him in said county. 2d.
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Appeal from the Tenth District. The Court below found—1st. That on the second day of January, 1858, plaintiff, a resident of Yuba county, was a farmer, house-holder, and head of a family, having a wife and three children dwelling with him in said county. 2d. That at the time aforesaid, plaintiff was owner and in possession of two horses and one wagon, with the harness therefor, and no other horse, wagon, or harness; that said horses, wagon, and harness were necessary to plaintiff’s farming business, and to the support of his family, and were worth three hundred and fifty dollars; that he was…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
Baldwin,J. concurring.
This is an action to recover the value of certain household furniture and other property, alleged to have been exempt from forced sale, which was seized and sold under execution, at the direction of the defendant, upon a judgment recovered by him against the plaintiff. The furniture was the remnant of what had previously been used in keeping a hotel, and, according to the finding of the Court, was no more than was sufficient for the family of the plaintiff. As its value amounted to only one hundred and twenty-eight dollars, it cannot be said that the house was very…
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