Legal Opinion

Vanscoy v. Bigelow

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 8, 1888PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from 'the Circuit Court of Livingston County; the Hon. Alfred Sample, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtC. B. Smith, J.

This suit is in replevin and brought by appellee against appellant, charging him with wrongfully taking from appellee one coal office, one coal shed and one four-ton Howe scales. Vanscoy was a constable and took the property from appellees by virtue of an execution in his hands, issued upon a judgment rendered by a justice of the jeace against one John W. Eagle, in favor of Richard Evans, October 24, 1887, for $200. The execution was issued on the same day the judgment was rendered. Appellees bought the property, in good faith and for a valuable consideration November 3, 1885, long before the…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re Pease Car & Locomotive WorksDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1905
  2. Kellogg Newspaper Co. v. PetersonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895

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