State Bank of Waupun v. Storm
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Juneau county: Martin L. Luecic, Circuit Judge. The defendant is the head of a family. For about six years prior to the time in question he had occupied a house in the city of Waupun. In 1912 he purchased a place at Burnett, consisting of a lot upon which there was a residence, and adjacent to the residence he built a saloon. He continued his business at Waupun and continued to live there, renting the saloon at Burnett.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Juneau county: Martin L. Luecic, Circuit Judge. The defendant is the head of a family. For about six years prior to the time in question he had occupied a house in the city of Waupun. In 1912 he purchased a place at Burnett, consisting of a lot upon which there was a residence, and adjacent to the residence he built a saloon. He continued his business at Waupun and continued to live there, renting the saloon at Burnett. On May 6th, while the family of the defendant was still at Waupun, the defendant in the meantime having taken over the saloon at…
1Opinion of the CourtRosenberry, J.
Sec. 2983, Stats., provides as follows:
“A homestead to be selected by the owner thereof . . . and the dwelling house thereon and its appurtenances owned and occupied by any resident of this state shall be exempt from seizure or sale on execution, from the lien of every judgment and from liability in any form for the debts of such owner to the amount in value of five thousand dollars.” '
The section further provides that the exemption shall not be impaired by temporary removal nor by sale, but shall extend to the proceeds derived from such sale while it is held with the intention of procuring…
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