More v. Dixon

Appellant, as trustee for the Commercial National Bank of Chicago, brought this suit in replevin for a stock of boots and shoes and fixtures in possession of appellee at Bockford, Illinois. Appellee claimed the property by virtue of a bill of sale from Jefferson M. Gove until after the suit was begun, but after that he made no claim of ownership. He filed two pleas, one of property in himself and the other of property in said Gove. There was no evidence in support of the plea of property in appellee and the court so instructed the jury, and they found the property in Gove under the second…