Holliday v. Burgess
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; Hon. Charles R. Starr, Judge, presiding. This was an action of replevin brought by Holliday & Reed v. James Burgess, as sheriff of Kankakee county, to recover 1200 bushels of corn in a crib. There was a verdict of not guilty. The facts, so far as they are at all material to the points decided, appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beckwith
This is an action of replevin for a quantity of corn. The plaintiffs claimed title to it under a purchase from Augustus T. Ingham, whom they claimed to be the owner. The defendant claimed that the corn belonged to George H. Ingham, and, as the sheriff of Kankakee county, he had levied upon it as the property of the latter by virtue of an execution against him. On the trial there was evidence tending to prove that Augustus T. Ingham raised the corn on the Ingham place, and that it was his property and the sale to the plaintiffs; and there was also evidence tending to prove that George H.…
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