Humphrey v. Taylor
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Walworth County. Eeplevin, for a “mower ” levied upon and seized by the defendant as sheriff, and held by him by virtue of two writs of attachment issued by a justice of the peace against the plaintiff, and by virtue of two executions issued upon judgments against the plaintiff in the attachment suits.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Walworth County. Eeplevin, for a “mower ” levied upon and seized by the defendant as sheriff, and held by him by virtue of two writs of attachment issued by a justice of the peace against the plaintiff, and by virtue of two executions issued upon judgments against the plaintiff in the attachment suits. Before this action was commenced, plaintiff demanded the mower of the defendant, claiming it as exempt property, but defendant refused to deliver it to him. The defense is, that at the time of such levy and seizure the plaintiff was not engaged in any business…
1Opinion of the CourtLyos, J.
Section 31, ch. 134, E. S. 1858, as amended, provides as follows: “ISTo property hereinafter mentioned or represented shall be liable to attachment, execution or sale on any final process issued from any court in this state. . . . 7. Two cows, ten swine, one yoke of oxen and one horse or mule (or, in lien of one yoke of oxen and a horse or mule, a span of horses or a span of mules), ten sheep and the wool from the same, either in the raw material or manufactured into yarn or cloth; the necessary food for all of the stock mentioned in. this section for one year’s support, either provided or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Knapp v. BartlettWisconsin Supreme Court · 1868
3Cited by2 opinions
- Lathrop v. HumbleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Spikes v. BurgessWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886