Atkins v. Moore
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chibe Justice.
Sheldon delivered the opinion of the Court:
This is an appeal from a judgment against the principal and one of his sureties, upon a replevin bond.
The replevin bond was given to Lewis W. Moore, sheriff, in a suit of replevin, brought by Amos Atkins against Thomas Byrnes. The present suit on the replevin bond was brought in the name of Lewis W. Moore, late sheriff, etc., for the use of William Cool.
It is insisted, first, that, under the statute, the suit could be brought in the name of the sheriff, for the use of only the defendant in the replevin suit, and that it can not be…
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