Montague v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass against John Richardson and Benjamin Webster, for taking and.carrying away certain articles of household furniture, the property of the plaintiif.
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Trespass against John Richardson and Benjamin Webster, for taking and.carrying away certain articles of household furniture, the property of the plaintiif. The cause was tried before the superior court for the county of New Haven, at the term holden in October, 1855. On the trial, it was admitted that at the time when the trespasses, alleged in the declaration, were committed, Benjamiri Webster, one of the defendants, was a constable of the town of New Haven, and as such had in his possession, for service, a bill in equity, in which the defendant Richardson and others were plaintiffs, and…
1Opinion of the CourtStorrs, J.
The principal question, in this case, involves the correctness of the construction given by the court below *346to the statute which, among other property, exempts from warrant, or execution, “bedding, and household furniture necessary for supporting lifeRev. Stat. Ch. 1, § 179, p. 112. The jury were instructed that this provision exempts only such articles of furniture, as are indispensably requisite for supporting the lives of the debtor’s family. We are of opinion that this is too rigid a construction of the phrase, “ necessary for supporting lifeor, rather, of the word “ necessary,” contained…
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