Illinois Supreme Court, 1871

Sullivan v. Stephenson

Sullivan v. Stephenson
Illinois Supreme Court · Decided September 15, 1871 · Thornton
62 Ill. 290

Counsel

Messrs. Craig & Harvey, for the appellant., Messrs. Willoughby & Grant, for the appellees.

Sullivan v. Stephenson

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Thornton

delivered the opinion of the Court:

The ordinance, by virtue of which the property of appellant was seized by the officer, has been pronounced invalid in the opinion in the case of Sullivan v. The City of Oneida, 60 Ill. 242.

Appellant, therefore, had the right to recover in his action of replevin.

The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

Judgment reversed.

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