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Connell v. Fisk
54 Vt. 381
Vt.
1882
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The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rowell, J.

The fact that the colt in question was acquired by exchanging therefor a horse that was exempt from attachment, does not exempt it. The statute that provides that no person shall be liable or chargeable on trustee process on account of a sum due or owing to the principal debtor for property sold and conveyed or delivered by him that was at the time of such sale exempt from attachment and execution,'is not operative to this extent.

The colt was not broken at the time it was taken on execution, although the plaintiff had commenced to handle it some, with a view to breaking. It had never been kept and used for team work ; and the case does not disclose that plaintiff had any intent or purpose of keeping and using it for such work, nor that he selected it for exemption. The burden was on the plaintiff to show affirmatively all the facts necessary to bring his property within the statute of exemption. This he has failed to do.

Judgment affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Connell v. Fisk
Court Name: Supreme Court of Vermont
Date Published: Jan 15, 1882
Citation: 54 Vt. 381
Court Abbreviation: Vt.
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