In re Robb

Citations

• 99 Cal. 202
• 33 P. 890
• 1893 Cal. LEXIS 637

Syllabus

<p>Insolvency—Exemption from Execution—Lathes of Machinist. — A lathe and appliances costing about two hundred and fifty dollars, and used for shaping wood or metal, which are necessary to a mechanic and machinist in carrying on his business, is a tool, and may be properly set apart to him in insolvency proceeding as exempt from execution.</p> <p>In. —Employment of Journeyman—Manufacture of Machinery. —The fact that a journeyman mechanic or machinist can get employment with a manufacturer who will supply the implement does not prove that a lathe is not necessary to the trade; and the fact that the debtor manufactures machinery with the lathe is not material where he uses it himself and does not employ others to use it.</p>