71 Mo. 411 | Mo. | 1880
The question presented by the record is whether the defendant, an officer, was justifiable in making a levy on and sale of the books of plaintiff, he being a lawyer. Whether the officer could justify under the writ, would, for the most part, depend upon whether the property seized and sold was, under the law, exempt. The 9th section of the act respecting executions, provides that certain property, when owned by the “head of a family,” shall be exempt from execution. 1 Wag. Stat., p. 603, § 9. And the 11th subdivision of that section gives all lawyers the “privilege of selecting such books as may be necessary to their profession, in the place of other property herein allowed, at their option.”
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