Hutchinson v. Whitmore

This is an action of trover brought against the defendant, who was the sheriff of Lenawee county, to recover the value of property seized and sold by defendant's deputy by virtue of an execution issued out of the circuit *593court for that county upon a judgment against the plaintiff.

It is conceded that the judgment and all the proceedings thereunder were regular and valid, the one contention being that the property seized was exempt from levy and sale on execution, for the reason that at the time of its seizure the plaintiff — being the defendant in the execution — was a householder, and his…