Hessing v. McCloskey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This was an action of trespass de bonis asportatis, brought in the Superior Court of Chicago by Mary 0. McCloskey, against Anthony 0. Messing. To the declaration, the defendant pleaded a seizure of the goods, as sheriff, on process in his hands to be executed, against Cyrus M. Bellamy. The plaintiff" claimed the goods by purchase from C. M. Bellamy before the writs of attachment were issued.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This was an action of trespass de bonis asportatis, brought in the Superior Court of Chicago by Mary 0. McCloskey, against Anthony 0. Messing. To the declaration, the defendant pleaded a seizure of the goods, as sheriff, on process in his hands to be executed, against Cyrus M. Bellamy. The plaintiff" claimed the goods by purchase from C. M. Bellamy before the writs of attachment were issued. Much evidence was introduced as to the bona ffdes of the transaction, which it is unnecessary to state, inasmuch as the case is made to turn upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of trespass de bonis asporiaiis, brought in the Superior Court of Chicago by appellee against appellant.
The issues were made up on the plea of not guilty, and four special pleas, by which the defendant sought to justify the taking, by virtue of four different writs of attachment in his hands as sheriff of Cook county, against the goods and chattels of Thomas and Cyrus M. Bellamy.
The jury found the defendant guilty, and assessed the damages at two thousand and four hundred and seventeen 50-100 dollars, for which the court, on overruling a motion for a new trial, rendered…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Waddams v. HumphreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
- Ewing v. RunkleIllinois Supreme Court · 1858
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