Belcher v. Van Duzen
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the County Court of La Salle county; the Hon. P. K. Lelahd, Judge, presiding. This was action of replevin brought in the County Court of La Salle county, by George A. Belcher and William H. Belcher, against Peter Yan Duzen, for certain farming implements, some household and kitchen furniture, and a lot of cane seed. The defendant pleaded, non detinet. 2. That the property was not the property of the plaintiff; and 3. That is was the defendant’s property.
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Writ oe Error to the County Court of La Salle county; the Hon. P. K. Lelahd, Judge, presiding. This was action of replevin brought in the County Court of La Salle county, by George A. Belcher and William H. Belcher, against Peter Yan Duzen, for certain farming implements, some household and kitchen furniture, and a lot of cane seed. The defendant pleaded, non detinet. 2. That the property was not the property of the plaintiff; and 3. That is was the defendant’s property. Issues were made up on these pleas, and the cause went to the jury, when, in the progress of the trial, the fact was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of replevin, brought in the La Salle County Court, by the plaintiffs in error, against the defendant in error, for certain agricultural implements, stoves and pipe, and household furniture, and a lot of sugar cane seed.
The pleas were: 1. Non detinet. 2. Not the property of the plaintiffs, and 3. Property in defendant, on which issues were joined. During the trial, a written contract between the parties was introduced in evidence, whereupon, the defendant’s counsel entered a motion to dismiss the suit, for the reason, that it appeared from the contract, that the plaintiffs…
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