Betz v. Maier

FISHER, Chief Justice.

An iron safe belonging to the appellant was levied upon by attachment for a debt due by him to appellee; at that time he was a single man and was an insurance agent, and used the safe in which to deposit his notes and insurance policies and other papers, pertaining to his business as insurance agent. The trial court rendered judgment against the appellant for the debt and foreclosed the attachment lien on the safe. The question presented for decision is,, was the iron safe exempt from forced sale?

The statute that relates to exemptions in favor of those who are not the…