Feenstra v. Tanis
Feenstra v. Tanis
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiffs are husband and wife. They own a farm and carry on the business of farming ;and market gardening. About one year before this suit was commenced plaintiff Arthur Feenstra, who then, owned several cows, purchased three additional cows from ■one Berkompas. Subsequently Berkompas obtained a judgment against said Arthur Feenstra for the purchase price of said three cows. Execution was issued upon said judgment and placed in the hands of defendant, who was a constable, with directions to levy the same. Said defendant, as constable, levied upon the three particular ■cows sold by Berkompas to said Feenstra, and upon no •other property, though said Feenstra was a householder living upon his farm and had at that time other cows and
“Sec. 10322. The following property shall be exempt from levy and sale under any execution, or upon any other final process of a court; * * *
“Sixth. To each householder, ten sheep, with their fleeces, and the yarn or cloth manufactured from the same; two cows; five swine, and provisions and fuel for comfortable subsistence of such householder or family for six months. * * *
“ Eighth. The tools, implements, materials, stock, apparatus, team, vehicle, horses, harness or other things, to enable any person to carry on the profession, trade, occupation or business in which he is wholly or principally engaged, not exceeding in value two hundred and fifty dollars. * * *
“Sec. 10324. The property exempted in the subdivision of which this act is amendatory [subdivision 8 ] shall not be exempt from any execution issued upon a judgment rendered for the purchase money for the same property. * * *
“Sec. 10328. Whenever the defendant in an execution shall have cows, sheep, swine, or other animals or articles, some of which are exempt by law from sale on execution, and some of which are not so exempt, the officer may take all of such horses, cows, sheep, swine or other animals or articles into his possession, and the defendant or his authorized agent may, immediately, on being notified of the levy, select so many thereof as are exempt by law from execution, but if the defendant be absent, or neglect to make such selection on being notified, the officer shall make the same for him.”
The trial court decided that the execution should, in accordance with section 10328, have been levied upon all the cows of plaintiffs, and that they should have been per
This conclusion does not, as plaintiffs contend, deprive them of the exemption of two cows given them by subdivision 6. Their right to.,that exemption is fully recognized. A farmer who is also a householder owning several cows for use on a farm is entitled to an exemption of two cows under subdivision 6. In addition to this he is entitled to an exemption of $250 worth of the property described in subdivision 8. Included in this latter property are said cows. In other words, the cows kept for use on a farm, if the farmer is a householder, are exempt under both subdivisions 6 and 8. As plaintiffs’ cows are exempt under subdivision 8, they are liable to execution under section 10324, even though they are also exempt under subdivision 6.
No other point demands discussion. Judgment should be reversed, and a judgment entered for defendant, with costs of all the courts.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- FEENSTRA v. TANIS
- Status
- Published