Smith v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
On the 14th day of November, 1856, John H. Smith filed in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Bond county, Illinois, an affidavit in replevin, setting forth that he was lawfully entitled to the possession of a certain one-horse buggy, nearly new, etc., worth about ninety-five dollars; that the same was unlawfully detained from his possession by Isaac Smith.
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On the 14th day of November, 1856, John H. Smith filed in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Bond county, Illinois, an affidavit in replevin, setting forth that he was lawfully entitled to the possession of a certain one-horse buggy, nearly new, etc., worth about ninety-five dollars; that the same was unlawfully detained from his possession by Isaac Smith. On the same day a writ of replevin was issued out of the clerk’s office upon said affidavit, and on the same day was served by taking said buggy and delivering same to said plaintiff. Afterwards, said John H. Smith filed his…
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