Voorhees v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Marshall District Court. In an action before a justice of the peace, C. H. & L. J. McCormick recovered a judgment against Patterson for $231, and costs. Such judgment was rendered upon a promissory note given by Patterson to the McCormicks for a “McCormick Reaper and Mower,” purchased by him of them in ■February 1876. An execution was issued upon such judgment, and placed in the hands of Voorhees, as sheriff of Marshall county, for collection.
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Error from Marshall District Court. In an action before a justice of the peace, C. H. & L. J. McCormick recovered a judgment against Patterson for $231, and costs. Such judgment was rendered upon a promissory note given by Patterson to the McCormicks for a “McCormick Reaper and Mower,” purchased by him of them in ■February 1876. An execution was issued upon such judgment, and placed in the hands of Voorhees, as sheriff of Marshall county, for collection. Voorhees levied upon the mower and reaper for which the note mentioned had been given, and upon certain other property; and thereupon…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
The only questions involved in this case are, whether a certain machine known as a “McCormick Advance Reaper and Mower,” is a “ farming utensil,” within the meaning of subdivision 6 of section 3 of the act relating to exemptions, (Gen. Stat. 474,) and whether such a machine in the hands of a farmer w-ho was the head of a family, and had less than three hundred dollars worth of farming implements, would be exempt from an execution issued against such farmer on a judgment rendered on a promissory note given by such farmer for the…
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