Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1901 — DEFENDANT WINS. [ARTICLE]

DEFENDANT WINS.

The case of Harris vs. Harris, from Remington, was tried here before Esq. Churchill last Monday. Thomas Harris of Remington, bought a team of horses from a young man also by the name of Harris, paying 360 therefor. The team turned out to have been stolen and Tom had to give them up. The younger Harris, however, refused to refund Tom’s S6O, and he brought suit. The court held that the young man being a minor it was Tom’s duty to have made inquiries from his guardian (who is J. F. Irwin of this city) as to whether he lmd authority to dispose of them, and found for defendant. It would seem that there should be some means of making the young man return the money. The case has been appealed to the circuit court.