Larney v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Debt, on a replevin bond. Trial in the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. R. W. S. Wheatly, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff ; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Seaes
This suit was originally commenced before a justice of the peace, against appellants, James Larney, a constable, and his sureties on his official bond, for the failure of said Larney to take sufficient security on a replevin bond before executing a writ of replevin. The case was appealed to the County Court, where a trial was had by the court with a jury. The plaintiff, appellee, recovered judgment. From that judgment appellants prosecute this appeal.
Only two of the grounds of error relied upon by appellants need be considered. First, that the court erred in the giving of the first, second'…
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