White v. Gobey

This appeal involves the question whether, in view of the exemptions allowed by law, earnings of the husband, needed for support of the family, may be subjected to execution to satisfy a judgment against the wife, upon a debt for clothing bought by her on her own credit before her marriage.

The trial court held in this case that only one-half of the earnings of the husband for services rendered within thirty days prior to the levy was exempt, and that the other half was subject to execution.

On January 3, 1929, the plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant, Camilla Gobey, on a clothing…