Wierse v. . Thomas
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, beard on return to restraining order, before Jones, J., at October Term, 1906, of tbe Superior Court of New ITaNOveb County.
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Civil actioN, beard on return to restraining order, before Jones, J., at October Term, 1906, of tbe Superior Court of New ITaNOveb County. The Court 'found the facts to be as follows: “That the plaintiff, at the date of the institution of these proceedings, was a resident of North Carolina, the defendants, Thomas & Co., residents of North Carolina, and the codefendant a corporation, having its principal place of business at Wilmington, N. C., operating a railroad in ’Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Plaintiff and other defendant' reside in Wilmington, N. C. That, at said…
1Opinion of the CourtIToke, J.
At the time this action was commenced and the Georgia attachment was levied, the property attached was protected, both by the personal property exemption provided for by the Constitution and the general exemption laws of the State, and also by section 493 of The Code (section 678 of the present Revisal), prohibiting wages due for personal services of the debtor rendered within sixty days prior to the levy, and necessary for the use of the family which was supported by his labor, from being subjected and applied to the laborer’s indebtedness; and, this being true, on the facts established, the…
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