Arnold v. Stock

Appellee brought an action of replevin, before a justice of the peace of Sangamon county, against appellant, to recover a mare. A trial before the justice resulted in a judgment in favor of defendant, and that he have return of the property. Plaintiff removed the case to the circuit court by appeal, where a trial was had on an agreed state of facts, by the court without a jury, by consent of parties. The trial resulted in a judgment in favor of plaintiff, -and defendant appeals to this court.

It appears, from the agreed facts in the case, that the mare in controversy belonged to one John…