Gilligan v. Stevens

Beplevin by appellant against the appellee. The defendant below, appellee here, pleaded property in himself, property in John Gilligan and that he, as sheriff of LaSalle county, levied upon the property in controversy as the property of John Gilligan upon an execution against said John Gilligan, etc.

Upon the trial in the court below, the jury found the “ right of property in the defendant,” and the court overruling a motion for a new trial, entered judgment upon the verdict arid ordered a return of the property, and the plaintiff below appealed.

The record discloses that the appellee claimed…