Foster v. Hart

This is a replevin suit for a wagon worth about §200. The wagon was owned by McBean & Foster, a firm conducting a bus line and transportation business in Bloomington, Illinois, until March 30, 1887, when McBean died, leaving Foster, his surviving partner, and Mary J. McBean, his executrix, to settle his estate. On June 1, 1887,'the said surviving partner and executrix sold the undivided partnership interest of Isaac McBean, deceased, in the bus line and transportation business, including the wagon in controversy, to appellant, John Eddy, who formed a partnership with the surviving partner, D.…