Whittaker v. Bacon

This is a replevin suit brought by the complainant, S. F. Whittaker, against Wm. J. Bacon, Sheriff of Shelby County, and one Henry Hearts, defendants, to recover possession of an aero-plane. The bill was dismissed as to the sheriff, and the litigation is now between complainant and the defendant Hearts.

The complainant, in his bill, predicates his claim and right to the possession of the aeroplane by virtue of the purchase of the same by him at a sale by the trustee in bankruptcy of the Arrow Airways, Inc. The defendant claimed the right to possession by virtue of a judgment and order of sale…