Funk v. Staats
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of trover, by appellee against appellants, for one steam engine and boiler, and the fixtures and appurtenances thereto belonging. The declaration alleged the conversion on the 20th of April, 1859. The defendants severally pleaded the general issue, which was joined.
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This was an action of trover, by appellee against appellants, for one steam engine and boiler, and the fixtures and appurtenances thereto belonging. The declaration alleged the conversion on the 20th of April, 1859. The defendants severally pleaded the general issue, which was joined. The cause was submitted to the court, J. M. Wilson, Judge, without the intervention of a jury, and, after a hearing, the court found the defendants guilty, and assessed the damages at the sum of sixteen hundred and fifty dollars. Thereupon the defendants submitted a motion for a new trial, which was overruled by…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
There are various questions presented for determination by this record, the first of which is, whether it was necessary to show that the mortgage had been acknowledged by each of the mortgagors, before a justice of the peace, in the precinct in which he resided. It appears to be conceded that Wright resided in West Chicago, and that the instrument was acknowledged before a justice of the peace of that division, and the property to be affected by it was situated, and the business of the firm was carried on in that precinct, but Temple, the other partner, resided in a different district. Was…
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