Hewatt v. Clark

BICKLEY, Chief Justice.

There is involved in this appeal the question of what is the proper interpretation of the exemption statute applicable to a resident of the state and the head of a family, as this statute, Sec. 48-117, N.M.Comp. Laws 1929, is affected by the _ amendatory act hereinafter set out. Chap. 90, Laws of 1937.

There is no dispute as to the facts of the case. ’ Appellee Hewatt obtained judgment against appellant Clark in a Justice of the Peace court upon an account for necessities of life furnished the defendant and his family in the sum of $53, and attempted to satisfy said…