Legal Opinion

Hutton v. Arnett

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1869PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of "VVhiteside county; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese

This was an action of trover, in the Whiteside Circuit Court, brought by Joseph Arnett, against Christian Hutton, for “ three head of cattle about eight or nine years old, and one of them three years old last spring, and all of red color.”

There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.

To reverse this judgment, the defendant has appealed to this court.

One Schuyler Dow was the person through whom these parties claimed, and it was in evidence he borrowed, in the spring, $85 of the plaintiff, and, to secure him, turned out a yoke of pale red cattle, as security, which…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Myers v. LaddIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
  2. Cooper v. RayIllinois Supreme Court · 1868

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. First National Bank of Joliet v. AdamIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Frick Co. v. OatsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  3. Garner v. WrightSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1889
  4. Bruley v. RoseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  5. Harvey v. LidvallOregon Supreme Court · 1906

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