Colwell v. Swick
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Christian county; the Hon. Thomas M. Jett, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1914.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
In May, 1913, S. J. Swicli, a constable, by virtue of an execution issued by a justice of the peace, levied on certain chattel property belonging to E. P. Colwell. Colwell began a replevin suit before a justice of the peace to retake the property. A writ was issued and the property replevined. An appeal was taken from the judgment before the justice to the Circuit Court, where a motion was made to dismiss the case on the g’round that there was no sufficient affidavit and that the writ was issued without authority of law.
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