Wells v. Miller
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trover brought by Mercie H. Miller, administratrix of Joseph C. Miller, deceased, against Isaac WeUs and John Sears, impleaded with John S. Moble, at the April term, 1862. The jury found a verdict against Wells & Sears for |2,100, whereupon they appealed. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
In April 1860, Joseph C. Miller, now deceased, bought of Wells & Sears, the plaintiffs in error, a quantity of lumber, paying a part of the purchase money, and leaving about $1,400 due. Miller, with his son Franklin, took the lumber to St. Louis, where he shipped it on a barge for Memphis. The barge was wrecked upon the rocks near the town of Commerce, in Missouri. Miller died upon the wreck, and Franklin, leaving the boat and lumber in temporary charge of the pilot, returned to Chicago. It was then determined by him and Wells & Sears, to send an agent immediately to take charge of the…
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- Wells v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1867