Gilbert v. Black

Opinion by

Ross, P. J.

The defendant was indebted to the plaintiff for work and labor done in boating coal; the hiring was effected in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and the labor was performed within the limits of the commonwealth. By that labor the plaintiff earned from the defendant, as wages, the sum assessed by the verdict, and these wages .were within the protecting purview of the act of April 15, 1845, Ph. L. 460, § 5, which provides “ That the wages of any laborer, or the salary of any person, in public or private employment, shall not be liable to attachment in the hands of the…