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185 Ill. 445

Johnston v. Hirschberg

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1900

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1900-04-17

T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding. On October 17, 1895, Gans Bros. & Rosenthal sued out of the county court of Peoria county a writ of attachment against Isaac D. Hurwitz, and placed it in the hands of appellant, Charles E. Johnston, the sheriff of Peoria county, who levied upon and took possession of a quantity of tobacco in the possession of appellee herein, who claimed to own it.

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Decided 1900-04-17

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Mr. Justice Wilkin

¶1delivered the opinion of the court:

¶2The questions of fact involved in this controversy have been found adversely to appellant by the judgment of the Appellate Court, which finding is conclusive here.

¶3The brief of appellant does not comply with the rule of this court, in that it consists of several briefs used in the Appellate Court, re-filed here. However, we have examined the cause upon its merits, and fail to find in the recoged any reversible error.

¶4The only contention urged by appellant is, that the third instruction given for appellee was erroneous. That instruction was as follows:

“The court instructs the jury that if they believe, from the evidence, that the plaintiff was the owner of the tobacco in question, and that he had possession of the same, and the defendant, by his deputy, took and carried away the tobacco on a writ of attachment against one Isaac D. Hurwitz, the jury should find the issues for the plaintiff.”

¶5It is insisted it is defective in that it does not contain the element of purchase and possession in good faith. As said by the Appellate Court, it is subject to the criticism. The elements of fraudulent intent and want of good faith in the alleged sale and purchase were clearly stated in several instructions given at the instance of the plaintiff and at least one given on behalf of the defendant, and we concur in the view of the Appellate Court that the jury could not have been misled by the omission in the third. As a whole the instructions fairly presented the law of the case.

¶6The judgment of the Appellate Court is right, and will be affirmed.

¶7Judgment affirmed.

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