Reynolds v. Haines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette District Cowrt. — Hon. L. O. Hatch, Judge. Proceedings by garnishment against an insurance company to subject a sum due the defendant on a policy, upon which there had been a loss, to the payment of a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The proceedings were dismissed upon motion, on the ground that the money due on the policy is exempt from seizure for the debts of the defendant. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.
I. The plaintiffs caused process of garnishment to be issued against the Capital Insurance Company upon a judgment against the defendant, *343claiming that the insurance company is a debtor of the defendant upon a policy issued to him upon which there had been a loss of the property insured. A motion to dismiss the proceeding was sustained upon the grounds, which were not disputed, that the property insured was exempt from execution, being books, instruments, etc., used by the defendant, who was a physician and surgeon, in the practice of his profession.
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