Krauss Co. v. Manton

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

A furnished dwelling owned by Charlie Mantón and his wife, Wilma, was destroyed by fire. The proceeds of insurance policies on this property were seized by certain judgment creditors by writs of garnishment and fieri facias, and these funds are now in the custody of the sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish.

Mantón and his wife have intervened in these garnishment proceedings and claim by way of third oppositions that these fire insurance proceeds are exempt from seizure for debt because of the homestead and other exemptions secured to them under the Constitution and laws of…