Caldwell v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Transferred from Kansas City Court of Appeals. If appellant’s interpretation of the law he correct, the exemption statutes of this State are a delusion — an enactment without weight or substance.
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Transferred from Kansas City Court of Appeals. If appellant’s interpretation of the law he correct, the exemption statutes of this State are a delusion — an enactment without weight or substance. The law is well settled in this State that a debtor is entitled to three hundred dollars exempt to him as the head of a family, under section 3162, Revised Statutes 1899, in addition to his household goods and other property mentioned in section 3159’, Revised Statutes 1899. Bank v. Borgfeld, 93 Mo. App. 62. Caldwell in his replication specifically claimed his exemptions, and the court found that he…
1Opinion of the Court
VALLIANT, J. —
This is a suit to recover the value of two mules which plaintiff avers belonged to bim and were unlawfully converted by defendant.
Prior to this -suit, the defendant, Ryan, had brought an action of replevin against the plaintiff, Caldwell, for the possession of the mules, and having given bond according to the statute the mules were by the constable taken from Caldwell and delivered to Ryan. Pending that replevin suit Ryan caused the mules to be sold under a chattel mortgage which he held. The replevin suit resulted in a judgment in favor of Caldwell for the return of the mules,…
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