Legal Opinion

Ogden v. Lucas

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1868PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from ■ the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence

This was an action brought by Ogden against Lucas, for trespass to personal property. The jury found a verdict for the defendant, on which j udgment was rendered.

The first error assigned is upon overruling the demurrer to the fifth additional ¡ilea, as it is termed by counsel. That plea is to so much of the declaration as charges the defendant with wrongfully taking certain rails, and it sets up that the rails were borrowed from the plaintiff by one Holt, and by him built into a fence and corn-bin, on a certain piece of land which Holt occupied as a tenant of one Lucas, from whom the…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. California Orange Co. v. Riverside Portland Cement Co.California Court of Appeal · 1920
  2. Calef v. ThomasIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Katenkamp v. Union Realty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1940
  4. Jenkins v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1902
  5. Brown v. McCloudOregon Supreme Court · 1920

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