Sallee v. Morgan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. Charles D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was a bill to foreclose a mortgage, filed by Julia A. Morgan against James Watt and Alexander Sallee. The note described in the mortgage was credited with numerous payments, and was entitled to a great many other credits, so that the computation of the sum due was rendered intricate and complex.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. Charles D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was a bill to foreclose a mortgage, filed by Julia A. Morgan against James Watt and Alexander Sallee. The note described in the mortgage was credited with numerous payments, and was entitled to a great many other credits, so that the computation of the sum due was rendered intricate and complex. The court below found that there was due on the note and mortgage $203.44, and decreed its payment, with costs. The defendant Sallee, alone, appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
The appellant presents a record in this cause, upon which error is assigned, where the only matter in controversy is the proper result of an intricate and complex account. There has been no reference to a master, but a mass of figures is embodied, and counsel, in effect, say, we want the Supreme Court to do the labor of stating, making the computations and give us the result, in a written opinion, of such account. We have repeatedly said, that an intricate and complex account is not a fit subject for examination in a court of justice; that counsel can not impose upon us the duties which…
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