130 P. 140 | Okla. | 1913
The only question for determination is as to whether a piano is included within the term of "all household and kitchen furniture."
Section 3346, Comp. Laws 1909 (Sess. Laws 1905, p. 255), is as follows:
"The following property shall be reserved to every family residing in the state exempt from attachment or execution and every other species of forced sale for the payment of debts, except as hereinafter provided: First, the homestead of the family, which shall consist of the home of the family, whether the title to the same shall be lodged in or owned by the husband or wife. Second, all the household and kitchen furniture. Third, any lot or lots in a cemetery held for the purpose of sepulture. Fourth, all implements of husbandry used upon the homestead. Fifth, all tools, apparatus and books belonging to and used in any trade or profession. Sixth, the family library and all family portraits and pictures, and wearing apparel. Seventh, five milch cows and their calves under six months old. Eighth, one yoke of work oxen, with necessary yokes and chains. Ninth, two horses or two mules, and one wagon, cart or dray. Tenth, one carriage or buggy. Eleventh, one gun. Twelfth, ten hogs. Thirteenth, twenty head of sheep. Fourteenth, all saddles, bridles and harness necessary for the use of the family. Fifteenth, all provisions and forage on hand, or growing for home consumption, and for the use of exempt stock for one year. Sixteenth, all current wages and earnings for personal or professional services earned within the last ninety days."
In Alsup Thompson v. Jordan,
In Dunlap v. Edgerton,
In Kehl v. Dunn,
In Conklin v. McCauley,
"Replevin for a piano, which was seized under execution, and which plaintiff claimed as a part of her necessary furniture, under Code Civ. Proc. sec. 1391, exempting necessary furniture to the value of $250, may be maintained without express proof of the value of other articles of furniture owned by plaintiff, where there was sufficient proof on the subject to justify a finding that the other articles were of little value."
In the opinion it is said:
"The proof given upon the trial tended to establish, and the jury were authorized to find, that the article in question constituted necessary household furniture, as it appeared that the plaintiff made use of the same in connection with the education of her children, and that the piano was an article of necessity for that purpose."
This opinion was concurred in by Goodrich, P. J., and Cullen, Bartlett, and Woodward, JJ. Cullen and Bartlett are now members of the Court of Appeals of said state; the former being Chief Justice.
Under the authority of the Texas and New York cases, the judgment of the lower court is affirmed.
All the Justices concur. *342