Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R. v. Miller

This was an action of trover, instituted by defendant in error in the common pleas court of Mattoon, against plaintiff in error, to recover the value of certain railroad tools and implements, claimed to have been owned by defendant in error, and converted by the railroad company to its use. There was a trial, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the common pleas court, from which the company appealed to the circuit court of Coles County. Errors were assigned on the record that the verdict was against the evidence, etc.

At the April term, 1871, of the circuit court,…