Lambeth v. Milton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. Art. 644 of the Code of Practice protects the books of a lawyer from seizure. See also Curia Filipica, part 2, ch. 16, No. 8.
1Opinion of the CourtMoRphy, J.
The petitioners having attached a library, consisting of law books and other miscellaneous works, belonging to the defendant, an absent debtor, a rule was taken to set aside the attachment on the ground that the defendant was a lawyer, and his books were not liable to seizure under this process. The court, after hearing the parties, made the rule absolute as to the law books ; and the plaintiffs have appealed.
The defendant’s counsel relies upon article 644 of the Code of Practice, which exempts from seizure under execution, among other things, the tools and instruments necessary for the…
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