Dailey v. May
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Trespass against the defendant, a deputy sheriff, for taking the wheels of a cart, an ox-yoke and bows, staple and cops and pin, the property of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Parsons, C. J.
The question submitted by the case [ * 314 ] is, whether or not the chattels mentioned in the * plaintiff’s writ are by law protected from seizure on execution issued against the plaintiff. The law relied on is the statute of 1805, c. 100., in which it is enacted that, among other articles, the tools of any debtor, necessary for his trade or occupation, shall be exempted from attachment and execution.
The chattels in this case are the wheels of a cart, and part of the gear to be used in moving it with oxen. The case does not state that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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