Church Lester

Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Church Lester, 2 A. 761 (R.I. 1886)
15 R.I. 245; 1886 R.I. LEXIS 6
PER CURIAM.

Church Lester

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The court is of opinion that the provision of the statute exempting from attachment “ the working tools of a debtor necessary in his or her usual occupation, not exceeding in value the sum of two hundred dollars,” Pub. Stat; R. I. cap. 209, § 4, clause 2, covers only such utensils or implements as the debtor is accustomed to use in manual work or labor in his or her usual occupation, and does not extend ■ to a library of law-books belonging to a lawyer when such lawyer is the debtor. Decree accordingly.

Reference

Full Case Name
Petition of Nelson E. Church and J. Erastus Lester for an Opinion of the Court.
Status
Published