Church Lester
2 A. 761, 15 R.I. 245, 1886 R.I. LEXIS 6
Opinion
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.
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