Mills v. Wooters

Citations

• 59 Ill. 234

Syllabus

<p>Trespass—/»?' taking personal properly—whether it will lie. In an notion of trespass for the forcible taking of a cow, it appeared the plaintiff had sold the cow, and the defendant purchased the animal from his vendee, and at the time of the taking she was in the possession of a third party, and the plaintiff told the defendant he had sold her, and that he might take her: Held, there was no trespass, although the defendant, in taking his property, used such violence as amounted to a breach of the peace.</p>