Bell v. Farrar
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. Benjamin B. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin brought in the court below by Harrison Bell against William Farrar, sheriff of Jo Daviess county, to recover 854 sacks of oats, marked “ H. B.” Among other pleas, the defendant pleaded property in Bobert H. McClellan, as president of the Bank of Galena, and property in the Bank of Galena.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. Benjamin B. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin brought in the court below by Harrison Bell against William Farrar, sheriff of Jo Daviess county, to recover 854 sacks of oats, marked “ H. B.” Among other pleas, the defendant pleaded property in Bobert H. McClellan, as president of the Bank of Galena, and property in the Bank of Galena. The facts were substantially as follows: On the 10th day of January, 1865, Bell, the plaintiff, made a contract for the sale of two thousand sacks of oats to Andrew Cannon. Bell…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of replevin, in the Jo Daviess Circuit Court, brought by Harrison .Bell against Willliain Farrar, sheriff of that county, for eight hundred and fifty-four sacks of oats, marked H. B. The defendant pleaded several pleas, the one principally relied on being the plea of property in Robert II. McClellan, as president of the Bank of Galena, and property in the Bank of Galena. Issues were joined and a trial by jury, who found a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff entered a motion for a new trial for reasons filed, which the court overruled and rendered judgment on the…
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