Sullivan v. Hadley Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, upon an account annexed, for twenty dollars. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of ten dollars and costs, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, in substance as follows. The plaintiff’s claim was for wages earned in the defendant’s employ in June, 1892, previously to the time of demand and suit brought.
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Contract, upon an account annexed, for twenty dollars. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of ten dollars and costs, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, in substance as follows. The plaintiff’s claim was for wages earned in the defendant’s employ in June, 1892, previously to the time of demand and suit brought. The writ was dated June 30, 1892, returnable to the Police Court of Holyoke on July 11, 1892. The plaintiff was paid weekly by the defendant. At the time the plaintiff commenced his action, ten dollars was due and…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The meaning of Pub. Sts. c. 183, § 30, we think, is that when wages for the personal labor and services of a defendant are attached on a demand other than for necessaries furnished to him or his family, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars shall be exempt from attachment; and when such wages are attached on a demand for such necessaries, a sum not exceeding ten dollars shall be exempt from attachment. These sums are to be reserved in the hands of the trustees, and are ultimately to be paid to the defendant in trustee process to whom they are due. The sum not exceeding ten dollars, if due for…
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