Colby v. O'Donnell

On the 3d of November, 1883, Vaughn made an assignment under the statute to Colby as his assignee, for the benefit of creditors, who, on the same day, took possession of the property described in the deed of assignment. On the 12th of November, 1883, appellee, O’Donnell, in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County replevied a part of such property, and, upon trial in that court, recovered judgment for its possession. Upon appeal this court reversed the judgment of the Circuit Court, on the ground that by virtue of the assignment the County Court acquired full and exclusive jurisdiction to…