Legal Opinion

Martin v. Duncan

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1895PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. George W. Stiff, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr., Justice Magruder

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs in error, George H. Martin and Charles S. Dennis, partners under the firm name of G. H. Martin & Co., brought suit upon a claim of $322.50 against George W. Duncan, and, on May 28, 1891, levied a writ of attachment upon a stock of goods in a store in Ottawa as the property of George W. Duncan. The defendant in error, Robert Duncan, a brother of the debtor, interpleaded under section 29 of the Attachment act, (1 Starr & Cur. Stat. page 322), and claimed to be the owner of the goods. The evidence tends to show, that the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Claflin v. RosenbergSupreme Court of Missouri · 1868
  2. Durfee v. GrinnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Flanagan v. WoodSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
  4. Lehman, Durr & Co. v. GreenhutSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  5. Wightman v. HartIllinois Supreme Court · 1865

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Ellet-Kendall Shoe Co. v. RossSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  2. Second National Bank v. GilbertIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Central Production Credit Ass'n v. HansAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
  4. Galbraith v. Oklahoma State BankSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  5. Best v. Fuller & Fuller Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1900

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