Curtis v. O'Brien
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jaclcson District Court. Action of replevin for a horse. David Sears recovered a judgment before a justice of the peace, against this plaintiff, M. M. Curtis. The judgment was in the usual form, and was rendered upon a note made by Curtis to Scars, which contained the words “without the benefit of exemption laws or stay of execution.” The defendant, O’Brien, was a constable, and under aii execution issued upon said judgment, seized the horse in controversy.
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Appeal from Jaclcson District Court. Action of replevin for a horse. David Sears recovered a judgment before a justice of the peace, against this plaintiff, M. M. Curtis. The judgment was in the usual form, and was rendered upon a note made by Curtis to Scars, which contained the words “without the benefit of exemption laws or stay of execution.” The defendant, O’Brien, was a constable, and under aii execution issued upon said judgment, seized the horse in controversy. It was admitted that the -horse was exempt from execution, unless the waiver in the note made him liable. The District Court…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
I. Execuero?exemption' This transcript presents hut a single question, and that is, whether a waiver of the exemption laws, contained in a note, will, when a judgment is obtained 7 7 o o uPon sac‘1 noteJ entli;le the plaintiff therein to-have his execution levied upon the property exempt from execution by the general laws of the State ?
*377Our statute provides that certain “ property (naming it) of private individuals is exempt from execution.”. Rev., §3304. And if Ike debtor is the head of a family, there is a still further exemption provided for, including a homestead. § 3305. The justice,…
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