Sterman v. Hann
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison District Court. — Hon. W. H. Fahey, Judge. Action in replevin to recover a half interest in a certain' safe levied on under execution, and claimed to be exempt on the grounds that the plaintiff was a physician and surgeon and used the same in and about his business.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
The plaintiff, at the time hereinafter mentioned, was the owner of an undivided half interest in a certain safe. The defendant, as constable, under an execution issued out of the office of the justice of the peace, levied upon the safe and took the same into his possession as the property of the plaintiff. That at the time the safe was levied upon by the defendant it was in plaintiff’s possession. He was a married' man and the head of a family, and a practicing physician and surgeon. The safe was kept by the plaintiff in his office, and he had' the possession, custody, and control of the…
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