Case Name: Maud Barnes et al v. H. P. Elickman
Court: Lorain County Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1907-05-01
Citations: 18 Ohio C.C. (N.S.) 182
Docket Number: 
Parties: Maud Barnes et al v. H. P. Elickman.
Judges: Henry, J.; Winch, J., and Marvin, J., concur.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Court Reports (new series)
Volume: 18
Pages: 182–183

Head Matter:
LEWD WOMAN HELD ENTITLED TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
Circuit Court of Lorain County.
Maud Barnes et al v. H. P. Elickman.
Decided, May 1, 1907.
Attachment—Discharge of Property Claimed as Exempt—Owner a Prostitute.
It is no reason for refusing to discharge an attachment of goods shown to be the property of a married woman living with her husband, neither of whom have a homestead and the goods being claimed as exempt in lieu of a homestead, that the debtor is a prostitute, plying her vocation.
Thompson, G-litsch <& Ginniger, for plaintiff in error.
8. H. Williams, contra.
Henry, J.; Winch, J., and Marvin, J., concur.

Opinion:
The error alleged in this proceeding is the failure of the court below to discharge an attachment levied upon a piano, the prop erty of Maud Barnes, a married woman living with her husband, neither of whom has a homestead; the piano in question .being claimed by way of exemption in lieu of homestead. All these facts are admittedly true, save that it is alleged that Maud B,arnés is a prostitute, plying her vocation, and' that her husband, therefore, does not live with her in the sense contemplated by the exemption statutes intended for the protection of the family.
We are not able to read into the statute any qualification of this sort, and the judgment below is reversed
Proceeding to enter the judgment which the court below should have rendered, we now order that the attachment be and the same is discharged.