National Bond & Investment Co. v. Shirra

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff brought an action in trover to recover the value of a Peerless sedan which the defendants refused to deliver upon a writ of replevin. Upon a trial the court directed a jury to bring in a verdict for plaintiff for- $1,825, and from the judgment thereon defendants appeal.

Defendants, who are trustees operating the John Powers Company, a common-law trust, about October 10,1926, bought the car' in question, from the Peerless Motor Car Company and placed it in the salesroom of the Advance Motor Sales Company, also a…