Grieb v. Caraker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Trial of the rights of property. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Union County. Heard in that court on appeal from a justice of the peace; the Hon. Joseph P. Robarts, Judge, presiding. Trial by jury; verdict for claimant; appeal by defendant. Heard in tins court at the August term, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Scofield
delivered the opinion of the Court.
George W. Caraker, who had been living on a rented farm in the Mississippi bottoms for several years, was, in the summer of 1893, the owner of certain personal property, upon which there was an unrecorded chattel mortgage, to secure an indebtedness of $325 to his uncle, Jacob Caraker. About September 1st, Walter M. Caraker, the appellee, who was the son of George W. Caraker, and was under twenty-one years of age, assumed this indebtedness, and gave his note therefor, with personal security, which was demanded by Jacob Caraker…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Grieb v. CarakerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897