Legal Opinion

Toledo Computing Scale Co. v. Johnson

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 1, 1915Published

Appeal from the City Court of Bast St. Louis; the Hon. W. M. Vandeventer, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee

This is an appeal from a judgment in a replevin suit wherein appellant sought to obtain possession of two sets of computing scales. The court which heard the case, without a jury, found appellee was entitled to possession of the scales and awarded him a writ of retorno habendo and gave judgment against appellant for costs. Appellant here seeks to reverse the judgment of the city court of East St. Louis, which tried the' case, on the ground that the evidence showed appellant’s right to recover the goods.

There was no controversy in the proofs which disclosed the following facts: In January,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Harkness v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. West Chicago Street Railroad v. Morrison, Adams & Allen Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Gilbert v. National Cash Register Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Hooven, Owens & Rentschler Co. v. BurdetteIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Roche v. BeldamIllinois Supreme Court · 1887

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