Mantonya v. Martin Emerich Outfitting Co.

Appellee recovered a judgment against appellant, in an action of trover, in the circuit court of Cook county, for $275. On appeal the Appellate Court affirmed that judgment, but granted a certificate of importance, upon which this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellant was the owner of an apartment house in the city of Chicago, which he had leased to a man and his wife at a certain rental per month. The tenants having abandoned the premises but leaving certain household goods therein, and being in arrears for rent, the appellant seized the goods under a distress warrant. The furniture had been…