Murch v. Wright
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. A. J. Gallagher, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin, brought by the appellant against the appellee, at the October term, A. D. 1867, of the Circuit Court of Moultrie county, the subject of which was a piano forte. The case was tried by the court, a jury being waived, and a judgment rendered for the defendant, awarding a return of the property. The facts in the case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
We entertain no doubt that this transaction was, in fact, a sale of the piano, though made to assume the form of a lease for the purpose of giving the vendor a lien on the instrument until payment in full of the purchase money. The mere statement of the facts shows this. The price of the piano was seven hundred dollars. The purchaser, on talcing it, paid fifty dollars, which was called the rent of the piano for the first month, and he was to pay fifty dollars at the beginning of each month thereafter for thirteen months, the piano to become the property of the purchaser in the event of his…
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