Legal Opinion

Nelson v. Wheelock

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1867PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Ekastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence

This was an action of replevin, to the declaration in which, was added a count in trover, brought by Wheelock & Coburn against Nelson. The plaintiffs recovered judgment, and the defendant appealed. The property in controversy was a stock of goods, which the plaintiffs claimed by virtue of a chattel mortgage executed to them on the 24th of November, 1864, in the name of Bobison & Jaques, the then owners; and the defendant claimed under a levy made by him as sheriff of Cook county, upon a writ of attachment sued out by H. B. Claflin & Co., against said Bobison & Jaques. The first levy was made…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fugate v. ClarksonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1841

3Cited by6 opinions

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  2. West Coast Grocery Co. v. StinsonWashington Supreme Court · 1895
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  4. Robards v. WatermanMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Conwell v. LowranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891

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