McElveen v. Goings
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Second Justice’s Court, Parish •of Washington; Murray J. Schilling, Judge. Action by Willie Mc'Elveen against Henry A. Goings. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
Article 244 of the Constitution, exempts from seizure “the homestead consisting of lands, buildings and appurtenances, whether rural or urban; also two work horses, one wagon or cart, one yoke of oxen, two cows and calves, 25 head of hogs or 1,000 pounds of bacon or its equivalent in pork, whether these exempted objects be attached to a homestead or not, and on a farm the necessary quantity of corn and fodder for the current year, and the necessary farming implements, to the value of $2,000.”
The seizing creditor in this case seized plaintiff’s mule, and contends that mules not being horses…
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