Wallace v. Bartlett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for the conversion of chattels alleged to be property of the plaintiff and described in a schedule annexed to the declaration as follows: “ Meat tools and fixtures in room. One pair of platform scales. One hog rack. One salt chest. Threti lamps. Three pails. One meat frame and hooks. One block. Two benches. Two boxes for sausages. One sausage cutter and filler. Two boxes. One stove and kettle. One lard press and cooler. One pair of ice tongs. One pair of ice blocks.
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Tort for the conversion of chattels alleged to be property of the plaintiff and described in a schedule annexed to the declaration as follows: “ Meat tools and fixtures in room. One pair of platform scales. One hog rack. One salt chest. Threti lamps. Three pails. One meat frame and hooks. One block. Two benches. Two boxes for sausages. One sausage cutter and filler. Two boxes. One stove and kettle. One lard press and cooler. One pair of ice tongs. One pair of ice blocks. Fifty feet of .•ope. One pair of brass side scales. One broom. One shovel. One refrigerator. Twenty-four'meat hooks.” The…
1Opinion of the CourtGbay, J.
The plaintiff claims the chattels in question, under the bankrupt act of 1867, o. 176, § 14, as being exempt from execution by the Gen. Sts. c. 133, § 32, cl. 5, as “ tools, implements and fixtures necessary for carrying on his trade or business.”
The well settled construction of this enactment is that it is intended for the protection of mechanics, artisans and handicrafts-*54men, and others whose manual labor and skill afford means of earning their livelihood. It has accordingly been applied to tailors, shoemakers, milliners, fiddlers and carriage makers. Dowling v. Clark, 1 Allen, 283, and 3…
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