Alexander v. Boyle

This was an action of replevin for a wagon. Verdict for appellee for $30 damages, and judgment on the verdict.

There seems to be no dispute about the fact that appellee was the owner of the wagon in question, nor that it was stolen from him in Chicago, taken to Aurora, and bought by appellant, who was the secretary and treasurer of the Alexander Lumber Company, a corporation doing business in Aurora, and of whose affairs there, appellant appears to have had general charge.

The contention of appellant is that in purchasing the wagon he was acting for the Alexander Lumber Company, whose money…