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  "name": "Jennie H. Smeeth, Appellee, v. Michael Zimmer, Sheriff, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Smeeth v. Zimmer",
  "decision_date": "1913-10-14",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 18,208",
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      "Jennie H. Smeeth, Appellee, v. Michael Zimmer, Sheriff, Appellant."
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    "attorneys": [
      "A. W. Martin, Edward H. S. Martin and John Stelk, for appellant.",
      "Winston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw, for appellee; John D. Black and John C. Slade, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "Jennie H. Smeeth, Appellee, v. Michael Zimmer, Sheriff, Appellant.\nGen. No. 18,208.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Edwabb M. Mangan, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed October 14, 1913.\nRehearing denied October 28, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction of replevin by Jennie H. Smeeth against Michael Zimmer, Sheriff of Cook county, to recover property levied on by defendant under an execution on a judgment against plaintiff\u2019s husband. From a judgment for plaintiff for a part of the property and for one cent damages, defendant appeals.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Replevin, \u00a7 78 \u2014sufficiency of \"bond. Fact replevin, bond runs to sheriff instead of coroner who served the writ no ground for dismissal of suit.\n2. Replevin, \u00a7 43*\u2014when demand before suit unnecessary. Demand for return of the property before commencing suit, unnecessary where officer seized the property under an execution with full notice of plaintiff\u2019s title.\n3. Trial, \u00a7 198*\u2014when verdict may be directed on uncontroverted evidence. In an action of replevin, an instruction directing a verdict for plaintiff is not improper as talcing away from the jury the question, of credibility of witness, where the evidence in support of plaintiff\u2019s title was not. contradicted by competent evidence.\n4. Appeal and Error, \u00a7 1572*\u2014when clerical error in entering judgment mil not reverse. Misprision of clerk in failing to write up a judgment in replevin so as to provide for the return of the property to defendant in accordance with the verdict, held not cause for reversal as it can be amended below.\nA. W. Martin, Edward H. S. Martin and John Stelk, for appellant.\nWinston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw, for appellee; John D. Black and John C. Slade, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. SI to XIV, same topic and section number."
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