Wade v. Jones
Supreme Court of Missouri
•Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court: This was an action begun by Wade, to recover the value of personal property, consisting of a negro woman, two cows and their calves, and a lot of bacon and other articles, alleged to have been wrongfully taken by Jones, the defendant. Jones answered that he took the property as constable, under an execution issued by a justice of the peace, and directed to him.
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•Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court: This was an action begun by Wade, to recover the value of personal property, consisting of a negro woman, two cows and their calves, and a lot of bacon and other articles, alleged to have been wrongfully taken by Jones, the defendant. Jones answered that he took the property as constable, under an execution issued by a justice of the peace, and directed to him. The cause was submitted to the court upon an agreed statement of facts, which was substantially as follows : The property was levied upon and sold under a regular execution, directed to the…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, Judge
1. We have no doubt, from the above agreed statement of facts, that the plaintiff comes within the meaning of the phrase “head of a family,” and that he should have been so considered by the court below.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee, in 1842, in 'the case of Bachman v. Crawford, (3 Humph. 216,) held the following language: “When a man controls, supervises and manages the affairs about a house, he is, in the largest sense, the head of the family, and all who reside in the house are members of the family. But it may be a large boarding establishment, in which half a dozen distinct families…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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