Sparling v. Marks

Appellee brought replevin before a justice of the peace of Cook county to recover a finger-ring. A trial was had before the justice of the peace, resulting in a judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendant thereupon perfected an appeal to the circuit court of Cook county, and, on a trial, plaintiff there recovered a judgment for $150 damages and costs, defendant having refused to surrender the ring to the officer who served the writ; and to reverse that judgment defendant appeals.

By consent of parties the case was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. It is urged that there is…