Tennis v. Midkiff
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Replevin. In the Circuit Court of Macon County; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge, presiding. Trial by the court without a jury; finding and judgment for defendants; appeal by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the May term, 1894,
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Wall
delivered the opinion of the Court.
These cases were beard together by the Circuit Court, a jury being waived. They were actions of replevin by the appellant for certain millinery goods which had been levied upon by virtue of a distress warrant and certain executions against E. L. Pettinger, who had previously executed a chattel mortgage under which the plaintiff claimed the goods. The court found the issues for the defendants and adjudged accordingly. By this appeal the correctness of such finding and judgment is questioned.
The mortgage was given upon a stock of…
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