Woolfson v. Mead

Plaintiff obtained a judgment against defendant under which garnishment proceedings were instituted against the Omaha Gas Company, which • answered that it had in its possession $50 belonging to defendant, being wages, earned by him while employed as a clerk. Defendant then filed an affidavit, claiming the $50 as exempt to him under the laws of this state, which recited that defendant is the-head of a family, a nonresident of this state, living in Council Bluffs, Iowa; that he had no land, town lots or houses subject to exemption as a homestead; that, including the $50 mentioned, the…