Martin & Co. v. Heilman Machine Works
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trover.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Woodford County; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Presiding Justice Crabtree
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action of trover by appellants against appellees, to recover the value of a threshing machine outfit which appellants claimed under a chattel mortgage. Appellees insisting it was their property, caused it to be seized and shipped to their works at Evansville, Ind., and appellants brought this suit. There was a declaration in trover in the usual form to which A. C. Rosencranz, receiver for appellees, filed the general issue. The cause was tried by a jury, and after the evidence was "all ip the court directed a verdict…
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