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Kennedy Furniture Co. v. Griffin

194 Ill. App. 530, 1915 Ill. App. LEXIS 548
CourtAppellate Court of Illinois
DecidedOctober 5, 1915
DocketGen. No. 19,450
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases

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Kennedy Furniture Co. v. Griffin, 194 Ill. App. 530, 1915 Ill. App. LEXIS 548 (Ill. Ct. App. 1915).

Opinion

Mr. Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

6. Chattel mortgages, § 125*—how construed. A chattel mortgage must be strictly construed against those seeking to enforce it, for the reason that it is a creature of statute, and contrary to the common law. 7. Chattel mortgages, § 193*—when verdict improperly directed. In an action of replevin to recover part of the goods covered by a chattel mortgage from the possession of one not a party or privy to the mortgage, held error to direct a verdict for the plaintiff where the mortgage itself was incompetent.

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