Vanhousen v. Copeland
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Supérior Court of Cook county; the Hon. H. M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed, with certain modifications hereinafter referred to, a decree entered in the superior court of Cook county adjusting the accounts between the respective parties hereto, as partners.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Supérior Court of Cook county; the Hon. H. M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed, with certain modifications hereinafter referred to, a decree entered in the superior court of Cook county adjusting the accounts between the respective parties hereto, as partners. The appellant by this appeal questions the correctness of the decree of the superior court as affirmed by the Appellate Court. In substance, the facts found by the master to whom the cause was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
In the brief presented in behalf of appellant it is said: “The controversy arises' over—first, purported verbal agreements claimed by appellees Copeland & McSorley to have been subsequently to February 28, 1888, made between Frank W. Copeland and John H. YanHousen about May 1, 1888, whereby it is claimed that the property should be sold and net proceeds divided equally between the four parties; second, it is claimed by Copeland & McSorley that they were entitled to compensation in the sum of $2500 for their services in the erection' of the building; third, there is a considerable difference…
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