Wilcox v. . Hawley
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment entered on an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the Seventh District, denying a new trial npon a case containing exceptions. The action was brought to recover the value of a certain horse of the plaintiff, which he claimed as exempt property. The defendants, by their answers, first denied the complaint, secondly, justified the taking under a judgment and execution against the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment entered on an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the Seventh District, denying a new trial npon a case containing exceptions. The action was brought to recover the value of a certain horse of the plaintiff, which he claimed as exempt property. The defendants, by their answers, first denied the complaint, secondly, justified the taking under a judgment and execution against the plaintiff. The action was first tried at the Wayne county circuit, on the 22d of April, 1857, and the plaintiff nonsuited. The General Term set aside the nonsuit and ordered a new…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] This action is brought by the plaintiff against the defendants to recover the value of a horse taken by the defendants in an execution upon a judgment against him. The plaintiff claimed that the horse was exempt under the act of 1842, he being a householder, and the horse forming his team, and the whole amount of his personal…
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