Kessler v. Frost

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

A bank in which the defendant Frost had deposited certain money was garnished in actions to recover on certain promissory notes. The garnishments were discharged on the ground that the money was exempt, and the 'plaintiffs appeal.

The defendant asserts the exempt character of the fund because borrowed for the purpose of paying for improvements on his homestead. His evidence, in substance, was that he with his family had occupied' his farm as a homestead for about eighteen years; that about June, 1917, he made a loan thereon for $6,000, paid off…