Blystone v. Burgett

Complaint by Blystone against Burgett for the recovery of a yoke of oxen alleged to be unlawfully detained, &c. The defendant denied generally Blystone1s right to the possession. Trial by the Court, and finding for the defendant.

The trial was had upon an agreed statement of facts. Both parties claimed title to the oxen from one Yeatly. It appears that on the 24th of November, 1854, Yeatly mortgaged to Blystone the oxen in controversy. The mortgage was executed in Cumberland county, Illinois, where both Yeatly and Blystone resided. The object of the mortgage, (including other property besides…