Gage v. Gates

This cause was tried on an agreed statement of facts, resulting in a judgment for the plaintiffs, and the defendant, who'is the sheriff of Buchanan county, has appealed.

Tlie statement referred to is, in substance, this:

Frank T. Hall and Mary Hall, husband and wife, in the year 1872 resided in St. Joseph, Mo., the wife being engaged in the millinery business, and having a sfock of goods suited to her vocation. Proceedings were instituted by certain creditors in the district court of the United States for the Western district of Missouri, with the view of having the wife declared and adjudged…