Jesse French Piano & Organ Co. v. Meehan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Replevin.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Madison County; the Hon. Martin W. Schaefer, Judge, presiding. Finding and judgment for defendant; error by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the February term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Worthington
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff in error replevied a piano under a chattel mortgage, from John Meehan, a constable, who had levied on it upon an execution against the mortgagors.
The facts in the case were stipulated. Trial by the court. Judgment for defendant in error.
The only question involved is the validity of the chattel mortgage.
The entry in the justice’s docket, at the time of taking the acknowledgment, is as follows:
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Fee, fifty cents. Mortgage and description of property bought: one Schuman & Sons’ piano; all in consideration…
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