Gray v. St. John
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This was an action of trespass de bonis asporiatis brought in the court below by Samuel S. St. John against John Gray.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This was an action of trespass de bonis asporiatis brought in the court below by Samuel S. St. John against John Gray. It, appears that certain creditors of one Orville Finch had previously sued out of the Superior Court of Chicago, writs of attachment against him, which came to the hands of the defendant, Gray, as sheriff of Cook county, and were by him levied upon a quantity of dry goods found in the possession of St. John, the plaintiff, and by virtue thereof Gray seized the goods and carried them away; and in this consists the alleged trespass.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beckwith
The appellee commenced an action of trespass for taking and carrying away a quantity of dry goods. The creditors of one Orville Finch had sued out of the Superior Court of Chicago, writs of attachment against him under which the appellant, as the sheriff of Cook county, justified the taking. Judgments were rendered in the attachment suits and the
goods were sold upon executions issued thereon. On the 7th day of December, 1858, the goods were the property of Finch, and on that day, being a few days prior to the levy, he sold the same to Darius C. Jackson, who sold them to the appellee. The sale…
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