Colwell v. Brower
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edwin S. Lelamd, Judge, presiding. This was ah action of replevin, brought by Ruth W, Brower against John Colwell, to recover the possession of a piano, claimed by the plaintiff.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edwin S. Lelamd, Judge, presiding. This was ah action of replevin, brought by Ruth W, Brower against John Colwell, to recover the possession of a piano, claimed by the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded five pleas, which were in substance as follows: 1. That the goods were not the goods of the plaintiff, but were the goods of one George Buckley, against whom the defendant and A & B had recovered a judgment before a justice of the peace for $62, etc., and that on, etc., an execution was issued on said judgment by the said justice of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was replevin, in the La Salle Circuit Court, for a piano, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, to reverse which the defendant appeals.
The facts of the case are briefly these: The firm of Colwell, Clark & Co., of which appellant was a member, obtained a judgment before a justice of the peace of La Salle county, against one George Buckley, on which an execution issued, in due form of law, and delivered to a constable, to be executed. At the date of the execution and its delivery to the officer, Mrs. Brower, the appellee, had in her possession a piano, the property of Buckley. Mrs.…
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