Legal Opinion

Sample v. Broadwell

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1877PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was an action of trespass guare clausum fregit, brought by James Sample against William H. Broadwell, Cleveland J. Salter, Jeremiah Graves, Felix J. Lombard and William B. Jones, the declaration charging that the defendants forcibly and unlawfully entered upon the plaintiff’s close, and removed therefrom, his dwelling house, the same being attached to the freehold and being real estate. Broadwell, Graves, Lombard and Jones filed special pleas justifying under a writ of replevin issued out of the county court of Morgan county, at the shit of Salter against Sample, setting out the writ,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Tefft v. AshbaughIllinois Supreme Court · 1852

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Gilbert v. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1897

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