Gotloff v. Henry
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was tried at. the May term, 1852, of the Cook Circuit Court, Dickey, Judge, and judgment rendered for the defendants below, and the plaintiff below appealed. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, J.
The first error assigned upon this record relates to the sufficiency of the verdict to warrant the judgment which was rendered thereon. The action was replevin, charging the defendants with taking and detaining one span of ponies, the property of the plaintiff. Six pleas were filed: 1. Non cepit. 2. Property in the defendants. 3. Property in Henry. 4. Property in Wood. 5. Property in Wood, as bailee of Henry; and 6, property in John Doe. The jury returned the following verdict: “ We, the jury, find the right of the property replevied in the said defendant, James Henry.” The objection…
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