Legal Opinion

Spurgin v. Kruse

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 20, 1906PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Action of debt to recover penalty. Appeal from the Circuit Court of McDonough County; the Hon. John A. Gray, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1905.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ramsay

Walter A. Spurgin brought suit in the Circuit Court of McDonough county against George W. Kruse under section two of an act to regulate the sale of property under chattel mortgages, approved June 21, 1895, in force July 1, 1895.

The declaration set out in substance that Spurgin made a chattel mortgage to Kruse upon 859 head of sheep to secure the payment of a promissory note for the sum of $2,140; that upon the maturity of said note Kruse took possession of said property under his mortgage and sold the same, but did not make out any statement showing the items of said property sold, the names…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Streeter v. StreeterIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Ambler v. WhippleIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Rae v. HulbertIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
  4. Burroughs v. ClanceyIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  5. Scott v. KentonIllinois Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Peuser v. MarshAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915

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