Collins v. Chase
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. By the disclosure of the trustees it appeared that they were indebted to the defendant for his personal labor in April and May, (ending May 14th,) 1878, in the sum of $60. His wages were $2 per day, and $6 had been paid. The writ was served upon the trustees May 11, 1878, and a second service was made June 21, 1878. Other material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBabbows, J.
The exceptions state that the presiding judge1, ruled that the insolvency of the defendant (declared upon his-petition filed within four months after the service upon the trustee), dissolved the attachment, notwithstanding the admitted! facts that the debts of the petitioner were less than $300, and the proceedings ivere under § 59 of the insolvent law; and also that the trustees should stand charged for $40 less costs. The plaintiff1 tenders exceptions to both rulings; to the latter on the ground' that it gave the defendant the benefit of the $20 deduction allowed: in cases coming under the…
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