Emerson Piano Co. v. Maund
Appellate Court of Illinois
Replevin.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Charles G. Neely, Judge, presiding. "Verdict for defendant by direction of the court; appeal by plaintiff. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The appellant brought suit in replevin, before a justice of the peace, to recover a piano from the appellees, and being defeated there, appealed to the Circuit Court with a like result.
The piano was taken, under the writ, from the possession of the appellee, Pauline L. Maund, by whom it was then held under a certain written agreement between herself and appellant, whereby Maund promised to pay to appellant four hundred and twenty-five dollars in specified installments, and wherein it was provided that the consid- ' eration for the payment of the specified amount was the agreement by appellant…
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