Frost v. Woodruff
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of trespass quare clausum, fregit, with a count for taking and carrying away two hundred cords of wood, brought to the Marion circuit court, by John N. Wood-ruff against Zarda Frost and others, and a-verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, to reverse which the defendant has appealed.
There were several issues presented by the pleadings which it is not important to notice particularly, as the controversy was made to turn on one point, and that is, was the sale of the cord wood to plaintiff complete before the execution issued against Harrison Woodruff? If it was, then the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Wade v. MoffettIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
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