Cunningham v. Craig

This was a bill in chancery, exhibited in the Coles circuit court by John Cunningham, against Vanison Craig, for an account and settlement of a partnership between complainant and defendant.

The defendant put in a full answer to the bill, to which complainant filed a replication, and a reference was made to the master in chancery to state an account. Pending this reference, the parties mutually agreed to submit the matters in difference to three persons, as arbitrators, and that the court should have power and authority to enter a decree according to the award.

The arbitrators made their award,…