Wells v. Lilly

Citations

• 86 Ill. 317

Syllabus

<p>1. Exemption — construction of statute. Section 3 of chapter 62, entitled “Exemptions,” of Revised Statutes 1874, -which provides that no property shall he exempt from sale for a debt or liability incurred for the purchase or improvement thereof, relates to real estate alone, and does not embrace personal property.</p> <p>2. Same — denial of opportunity to debtor to rao,he selection. If an officer levying an execution on personal property takes it all, in disregard of the claim of any part of it as exempt, under the supposed right to do so because the debt was for the purchase ;price of the goods taken, this is virtually a denial to the debtor of the opportunity to make any selection from the property.</p>