Hooper, Tr. in Bankruptcy v. Kennedy

G.L. 2439 declares generally that the articles specified therein shall be exempt from attachment and execution, unless turned out to the officer by the debtor to be so taken.

The clause therein, under which defendant claims as exempt the typewriter, and roll-top desk in question, reads: "Such suitable apparel, bedding, tools, arms and articles of household furniture, as may be necessary for sustaining life." To particularize further, he claims that on the agreed facts of record the two articles in controversy are, under said clause, "suitable * * * tools, * * * necessary for sustaining life."

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