102 Mich. 581 | Mich. | 1894
This cause was tried before the court without n jury upon the following agreed facts: Plaintiff was the owner and in possession of a piano of the value of $200.
The only question in the case is whether, under the provisions of the statute above cited, this piano is exempt. This subdivision exempts “to each householder all household goods, furniture, and utensils, not exceeding in value $250.” Counsel for plaintiff has presented a brief and argument in the case to sustain this judgment that is certainly very ingenious, but no case is cited, under a statute like ours, which upholds his contention. While these statutes are construed with great liberality in favor of exemptions, yet we think the language employed in subdivision 7 is not open to a construction which would exempt a piano. A piano cannot be classed as household goods, furniture, or utensils, within the meaning of the statute. The court below was in error in holding it exempt. See Tanner v. Billings, 18 Wis. 163; Dunlap v. Edgerton, 30 Vt. 224.
Judgment reversed, and judgment entered here for defendant.