Burnell v. Robertson
Illinois Supreme Court
Replevin,, in the Marshall Circuit Court, brought by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant in error, and heard before the Hon. John D. Catón and a jury at the March term, 1848, when a verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant. The particular instruction to the jury excepted to, is recited in the Opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Trumbull, J.
This was an action of replevin, in which the question involved was the title to the property replevied, consisting of a number of stage horses, their harness, &c. O. Hinton & Co., mail contractors, were the former owners of the property, and on the 10th day of February, 1847, at St. Louis, conveyed it and a large quantity of other property upon different stage routes in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin to the plaintiffs as creditors, who, immediately after the execution of the bill of sale, proceeded as fast as practicable to take possession of…
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