Illinois Bond & Investment Co. v. Gardner

This is an action in replevin brought in the circuit court of Franklin county, at the June term, A. D. 1927, by the appellant, the Illinois Bond & Investment Company, against the appellees, H. F. Gardner, the Summers Motor Company and James S. Pritchard, sheriff of Franklin county, to recover the possession of a Nash automobile described in the affidavit, writ and declaration.

The declaration is the usual form in such cases. To which declaration, the appellees filed three pleas, viz: Non cepit, non detinet, and a special plea that Pritchard, the sheriff, held the said car under a legal…