Wilder v. Greenlee
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. S. B. Gookins presiding as Judge, by agreement of parties. This was an action of replevin, brought by William Wilder against Bobert L. Greenlee and others, to recover a portable steam engine, The defendants pleaded property in James Baxter.
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Appeal from, the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. S. B. Gookins presiding as Judge, by agreement of parties. This was an action of replevin, brought by William Wilder against Bobert L. Greenlee and others, to recover a portable steam engine, The defendants pleaded property in James Baxter. The question presented was, whether the engine in controversy was the property of Baxter or of the plaintiff. ' The cause was tried before the court, without a jury, the issue turning upon the fact, whether the engine replevied was the same engine which had been taken from the possession of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
The only question in this case is, whether the engine which was replevied was the same enginewhich had been fraudulently obtained from the possession of the plaintiff’s bailee, under the false pretext that the person thus obtaining it had bought it from the plaintiff. While the evidence upon this point is contradictory, it has led us to a different conclusion from that reached by the learned counsel who, by consent of parties, tried this case in the superior court. As, however, it is not the practice of this court to reverse a judgment where the evidence is contradictory, merely because our…
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