Moore ex rel. Webb v. Paul F. Beech Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Witt county; the Hon. George A;- Sentel, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term,-1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice WaggoNer
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
The sheriff of DeWitt county, Illinois, by virtue of an execution issued on a judgment by confession in favor of C. C. Webb against Velma Webb and Welby Webb, levied upon an automatic electric piano as the ■property of the two last-named persons.
Appellant, Paul F. Beech Company, claiming to be the owner of the piano, brought an action of replevin against the sheriff to recover possession of it and gave to appellee, H. A. Moore, as coroner, the replevin bond upon which this suit was brought.
The replevin suit was tried on its merits in the circuit court where…
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