Haskins v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Vermont
The referee to whom this case * was referred reported as follows: “ The plaintiff, J. C. Haskins, owned and occupied a steam saw-mill, situated on the mountain in Stamford, and had been running the same for some time previous to the 6th day of December, 1866 ; said Haskins was embarrassed, and since the 6th day of December, 1866, has been insolvent.
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The referee to whom this case * was referred reported as follows: “ The plaintiff, J. C. Haskins, owned and occupied a steam saw-mill, situated on the mountain in Stamford, and had been running the same for some time previous to the 6th day of December, 1866 ; said Haskins was embarrassed, and since the 6th day of December, 1866, has been insolvent. “ The defendant, Bennett, had a debt against said Haskins, amounting to about the sum of $130, and called on Haskins for pay on the 23d day of November, 1866, and told Haskins that he must have his pay; that he understood he had been sued, and he…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
WilsoN, J.
Upon the facts reported by the referee, two question arise: first, whether the debtor has the right to select from his oxen or steers the yoke of oxen or steers he would keep exempt from attachment; and second, whether the plaintiff’s declarations to Bennett, on the 23d of November, as to the attachable property then owned by the plaintiff, should estop him from claiming exemption of the • red oxen against Bennett’s attachment. In regard to the first question, it appears that the plaintiff, on the 10th of November, owned a yoke of stags and a…
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