Jones v. Bliss
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. Madison E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed by the appellant in the court below, against the appellee, formerly his copartner, to compel the payment of a certain book account against him, which it was alleged was due and owing to the firm, composed of these par-dies, at the time of the dissolution of the same, and the sale of all the partnership property to appellant by appellee, and which…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. Madison E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed by the appellant in the court below, against the appellee, formerly his copartner, to compel the payment of a certain book account against him, which it was alleged was due and owing to the firm, composed of these par-dies, at the time of the dissolution of the same, and the sale of all the partnership property to appellant by appellee, and which account passed to appellant by said sale, with the balance of the assets belonging to the firm. A demurrer was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
Jones and Bliss being partners in the business of butchers, the former, after ten months of copartnership, bought the entire interest of the latter in the business and firm property. Jones was to pay Bliss a certain sum of money in installments, and also to pay all the debts of the concern and have all the assets, among which book accounts and choses in action were especially enumerated. Among the book accounts at the date of the sale was one for $141.62 against Bliss, and the object of the bill in this case was to set off this account on the debt due from Jones to Bliss. It is insisted that…
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