Ebenezer v. Naylor’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““A chose in action can he selected by the debtor as a part of Ills personal property exemptions. The phrase ‘such other property,’ used in the constitution, must be understood to mean such like property as had been expressly named. But; the language of our constitution is different. It does not; mean any property, but exempts ‘personal property of the value of five hundred dollars, to be selected by the debtor.’ The allotment may be made from time to time, and as often as the debtor may be pressed with executions; the policy being to enable the debtor not only to have the exemptions allotted to him once, but to keep them about him ail the time, for the comfort and support of himself and family. Such is the policy of our constitutional provision, and it allows the debtor to select what he thinks most useful.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Grimes