Armstrong-Turner Millinery Co. v. Round

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This appeal calls for an examination of the Kansas exemption law, so far as it relates to “stock in trade.”

The defendant kept a millinery store in Norton. Her stock and fixtures were destroyed by fire. The loss was covered by insurance. The defendant owed the plaintiff about $700 on an open account for millinery goods, and plaintiff garnished the proceeds of the insurance policy.

The trial court held that $400 of the insurance money was *147exempt as proceeds of insurance upon defendant’s exempt stock in trade, but sustained the garnishment as to…