Legal Opinion
Olin v. Fox
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 16, 1900No. Nos. 12,049-(72)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Action in the district court for Wilkin county to recover $50.50, and interest, damages for the wrongful seizure under attachment of 112 bushels of oats and 75 bushels of barley. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $56. From an order granting defendant’s motion for a new trial unless plaintiff consent to a reduction of the verdict to $29, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This case involves a construction of G-. S. 1894, § 5459, which (subdivision 6) exempts from attachment or sale on any final process :
“Three cows, ten swine, one yoke of oxen and a horse, or, in lieu of one yoke of oxen and a horse, á span of horses or mules, twenty sheep, and the wool from the same, * * * the necessary food for all the stock mentioned in this section for one year’s support, either provided or growing, or both, as the debtor may choose,” and several other articles.
The question is, is the necessary food for all these animals or stock exempt for the period mentioned, or is the…
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