Mississippi Supreme Court, 1910

Hays v. Barlow

Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1910 · Smith

98 Miss. 487; 54 So. 2

Counsel

T. E. Williams, for appellant., P. H. Lowrey, for appellee.

Opinion of the Court

Smith, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

On this record appellee has the right to demand that appellant shall exhaust the non-exempt property before resorting to the exempt property. 12 A. and E. Ency. Law, 212; 18 Cyc. 1461, note 11; Hodges v. Hickey, 67 Miss. 715, 7 South. 404; Koen v. Brill, 75 Miss. 870, 23 South. 481, 65 Am. St. Rep. 633; Miller v. McCarty, 47 Minn. 321, 50 N. W. 235, 28 Am. St. Rep. 375.

Affirmed and remanded.

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