Memphis & Little Rook Ry. v. Adams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from St. Francis Circuit Court. Hon. M. T. Sanders, Circuit Judge. “The personal property of any resident of this state who-is married or the head of a family, to be selected by such resident, not exceeding in value the sum of $500 in addition to his or her wearing apparel and that of his or her family, shall be exempt from seizure on attachment or sale on execution, or other process, from any court, on debt by contract.”
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APPEAL from St. Francis Circuit Court. Hon. M. T. Sanders, Circuit Judge. “The personal property of any resident of this state who-is married or the head of a family, to be selected by such resident, not exceeding in value the sum of $500 in addition to his or her wearing apparel and that of his or her family, shall be exempt from seizure on attachment or sale on execution, or other process, from any court, on debt by contract.” Const, art. 9, sec. This language is slightly ambiguous, but the meaning evidently is that the head of the family shall be entitled to-the exemptions, and that…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The railroad company brought an action of debt by attachment against Mrs. Adams before a justice of the peace. She filed a schedule, claiming that the property attached, consisting of household and kitchen furniture, aud wearing apparel, and amounting to $328, was exempt. A supersedeas was accordingly granted and the plaintiff appealed.
In the circuit-court the cause was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, to the effect that the account sued on was incurred in carrying on the separate business of the defendant, who was the keeper of a boarding-house for section hands, and who had a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Partee v. StewartMississippi Supreme Court · 1874
- McHugh v. CurtisMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
3Cited by4 opinions
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