Lewis v. Shear

This was action of replevin brought in the Iroquois circuit court by appellant, against the sheriff, for the recovery of property levied upon by him on an execution against her husband. She claims that the property had been transferred to her, by deed from her husband, on the 23d of September, 1878. The bill of sale was recorded on the same day. On the next day a judgment was recovered by the Keystone Manufacturing Company against Elisha Lewis, the husband of appellant. An execution was issued, placed in the hands of the sheriff, and levied on a portion of the goods named in the bill of sale,…