Slattery v. Stewart
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. S. W. Harris, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass, brought by the appellee in the court below, against the appellant, sheriff of Grundy county, for levying a writ of attachment, sued out of the Circuit Court of Grundy county, against one William T. Stewart, in favor of Charles Beardslee & Bros, upon the stock of goods alleged by appellee to have been purchased by him from said William T. Stewart.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. S. W. Harris, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass, brought by the appellee in the court below, against the appellant, sheriff of Grundy county, for levying a writ of attachment, sued out of the Circuit Court of Grundy county, against one William T. Stewart, in favor of Charles Beardslee & Bros, upon the stock of goods alleged by appellee to have been purchased by him from said William T. Stewart. The further facts in the ease are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
The record in this case presents substantially the following facts: In April, 1865, William T. Stewart bought a stock of goods in the town of Horris, and commenced business as a merchant. The purchase was made with money furnished by his father, George W. Stewart. The business being ill-managed, and proving unprofitable, the son, on the 30th of June, 1865, sold his stock to his father, who thenceforward continued the business in his own name. The day before this sale, a bill of goods was ordered from Beardslee & Bros, of Chicago, in the name of the son. They arrived a few days after the…
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