Bates v. Williams
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. Charles H. Starr, Judge, presiding. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The only questions made on this record are, as to the sufficiency of the declaration, and the assessment of damages by the jury.
The action was for debt on a replevin bond executed by appellant to a constable. On a trial of the suit in replevin, the plaintiff failed to establish his right to the property, and a writ of retorno hctbendo was awarded.
The main objection taken to the declaration is, that it does not aver, that the justice of the peace before whom the action of replevin was tried had jurisdiction of the cause.
When it is considered, that appellant himself sought that jurisdiction,…
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