White v. Jones
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Isaac Gr. Wilson, Judge, presiding. Harvey White instituted his action of replevin in the court below against John Jones, Justus D. Andrus and Ethan J. Allen, to recover the possession of a stock of goods. A trial resulted in a verdict for the defendants, and a writ of retorno habendo was awarded.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
Appellant replevied a stock of goods from the sheriff, who had levied upon them under an execution against Waterman & Hall. There is no dispute that they were the owners of the goods up to the time that the claims of the appellant and the creditors originated. Appellant proved that about ten o’clock in the forenoon of the twentieth of November, 1860, he purchased and took possession of the stock of goods. It likewise appears that an execution-was issued on a judgment against Myron Y. Hall, and came into the hands of the sheriff at a quarter past nine o’clock of the same forenoon; and if that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Waterman v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
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