Pensoneau v. Masserang

In this case substantial justice was done. It was an action of replevin. The plaintiff in error as constable, held an execution against the goods and chattels of defendant in error and levied on two mules, taken as the property of the defendant. Immediately after the levy and after the constable had obtained possession of the mules, the defendant presented to him a schedule of his property, claiming that the mules in question were exempt from execution.

The constable (plaintiff in error) in a violent manner refused to receive or examine the schedule, and declared his intention to sell the…