Faulkner v. I. L. Elwood Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Replevin.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County; the Hon. John A. Garver, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment forplaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crabtree
This was an action of replevin, brought by appellee against appellant, to recover the possession of a carload of barbed wire, sold by appellee to P. W. Fenlon, who was in business at Durand, Illinois. When the replevin writ was issued the wire had been delivered to Fenlon but not yet placed in his store building.
Fenlon had not paid for the wire, and appellee claims to have sold the same to him on time, upon false ratings of credit obtained by him in the commercial agencies of R. G. Dun & Co. and Bradstreet.
Fenlon sold out his stock to E. B. Norton on September 7, 1897, and the evidence shows…
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