Walker v. Collier
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Marshall county; the Hon. S. L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin brought in the Circuit Court of Marshall county, by Theodore Collier and Elijah M. Holloway, against" Henry C. Walker and William Walker, for a quantity of cord-wood. The principal witness in the cause was one Sloover, who had cut and corded the wood, who testified he had never sold and delivered it to any one else but the plaintiffs.
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Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Marshall county; the Hon. S. L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin brought in the Circuit Court of Marshall county, by Theodore Collier and Elijah M. Holloway, against" Henry C. Walker and William Walker, for a quantity of cord-wood. The principal witness in the cause was one Sloover, who had cut and corded the wood, who testified he had never sold and delivered it to any one else but the plaintiffs. That he had sold and delivered it to them on the 28th of March, 1864. - There was about forty-one cords, and was piled up near Henry…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of replevin in the Marshall Circuit Court, and a trial and verdict for the defendants.
The first objection made is, that when the jury was about to be empanneled, four jurors having been chosen and sworn, two more were called and accepted by the plaintiffs and tendered to the defendants to pass upon. To this they objected, and insisted upon a panel of four being tendered. The court thereupon called two additional jurors, and required the defendants to pass upon the four, to which they objected until the two last called should be chosen by the plaintiffs, but the court…
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