Stroheim v. Deimel
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
At Law. On motion. Action on the case by Julius Stroheim and others against Joseph and Eudolph Deimel. Plaintiffs obtained judgment, and obtained- an execution against defendants’ bodies, under which the latter were arrested and imprisoned. Defendant Eudolph Deimel now moves to he discharged from imprisonment.
1Opinion of the Court
SHOWALTER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action on the case, for alleged false representations for the purpose of obtaining goods on credit. On July 23, 1894, judgment was rendered against defendants for $8,500 and costs. On the 17th of November, 1894, a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum was sued out by the plaintiffs, on-said judgment. The two defendants having been thereafter arrested by the marshal, pursuant to said writ, a motion was made on their behalf to quash the same, as having been illegally and improvidently issued. This motion was based on the following statute enacted in 1893 by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lambert v. WiltshireIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Hanchett v. WeberAppellate Court of Illinois · 1885
3Cited by3 opinions
- Swift & Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1906
- Sevier v. MitchellOregon Supreme Court · 1914
- Stroheim v. DeimelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1897