St. Paul Cattle Loan Co. v. Hansman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Dennis W. Sullivan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
This is an action in trover for the conversion of 52 head of yearling steers, which it is claimed were converted by defendants, plaintiff claiming title in virtue of a certain chattel mortgage purporting to convey the steers to plaintiff by one William Giebel, the then owner. On a trial before the court there was a finding and judgment against defendants in the sum of $903.05, and defendants appeal.
The cause was tried upon a stipulation of fact. The crux of the dispute rests for solution upon the fact as to whether there was any unlawful conversion of the cattle by the defendants.
The chattel…
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- Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. v. Mallory, Son & Zimmerman Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Hoyt v. ZibellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1919
- Dawes v. RosenbaumIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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