Legal Opinion

Prettyman v. Unland

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1875PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tazewell county; the Hon. Lyman Lacey, Judge, presiding. This was originally two separate suits, brought by the appellant against the appellees, th'e one being an action of assumpsit and the other trover. By agreement, they were consolidated in the court below. On a J.rial, judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

These two suits, one in trover, and the other in assumpsit upon the common counts, were brought by Prettyman, plaintiff, Jan nary 14, 1874, to recover against the defendants for sundry quantities of grain alleged to have been sold and delivered to them by one Hartly,' the tenant of plaintiff, and claimed to have been at the time subject to the plaintiff’s lien upon it as landlord, for rent. ■ The suits were consolidated by the court below, and a verdict and judgment rendered in favor of defendants. Plaintiff appealed from the judgment.

It appeared that plaintiff had leased to George Hartly…

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Zapp v. Johnson and DickTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Frink v. PrattIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Farmers' Elevator Co. v. Advance Thresher Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  4. Finney v. HardingIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Hahn v. Sleepy Eye Milling Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1907

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