Pratt v. Grimes

This was a hill in chancery, exhibited in the Kane County Circuit Court, in November, 1852, by James Pratt, against Eussell Grimes, and the venue changed to the then Court of Common Pleas, now the Superior Court, of the City of Chicago, wherein a decree was rendered, at the September term, 1867, dismissing complainant’s bill.

To reverse this decree, the record is brought here by writ of error, and the principal error assigned is, that subsequent to an interlocutory decree in favor of the plaintiff in error, and then in full force, referring the cause to a Master to take proof therein, and…