· 4/8/1988
Mercier v. Partlow
Citations
- 546 A.2d 787
- 149 Vt. 523
- 1988 Vt. LEXIS 62
How courts have described this case
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- noting that the amount of the exemption was then below the average home price
- explaining that “[t]he conservation of family homes is the purpose of homestead legislation’
- “Because the homestead statutes are remedial, the statutes are to be interpreted liberally to accomplish their remedial purpose.”
- homestead property is exempt from the attachment of a judgment lien
- homestead property is exempt from the attachment of a judgment lien
- homestead exemption applies in action to enforce judgment lien
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Judges: Allen, Peck, Gibson, Dooley, Mahady
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