Gear v. Bullerdick
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; Hon. Benjamin R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin for a ferry boat, brought by John H. Bullerdick against Hezekiah H. and A. Hamilton Gear, in the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county. The cause was tried by a jury, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff, on which judgment was entered against the defendant for the costs, a motion for a new trial having been overruled.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; Hon. Benjamin R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin for a ferry boat, brought by John H. Bullerdick against Hezekiah H. and A. Hamilton Gear, in the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county. The cause was tried by a jury, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff, on which judgment was entered against the defendant for the costs, a motion for a new trial having been overruled. The record is brought here by the Gears, who assign several errors, the principal one being the refusal to grant a new trial and rendering the judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of replevin in the Jo Daviess Circuit Court, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, for a horse ferry boat.
The facts of the case are briefly these: On the 18th of January, 1840, the general assembly of this State passed an act to authorize H. H. Gear to keep a ferry across the Mississippi river. It is of one section, and provides that H. H. Gear of the county of Jo Daviess be authorized and licensed to keep a ferry across the Mississippi river at and from a point on said river in that county and opposite the mouth of “ Tete de Morí ” in the…
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