Taylor v. Snell

Mr. Presiding Justice Burroughs

delivered the opinion of the court.

Thomas Snell, the defendant in error, as complainant, on December 9, 1875, filed in the 'Circuit Court of DeWitt County his bill in chancery against Abner Taylor, the plaintiff in error, as defendant, in which he averred that about the year 1870 he and Abner Taylor, placing mutual confidence in each other, by agreement, became partners in the business of buying and selling real estate in equal shares as to profits or losses—the business to be carried on at Chicago under the name and style of Snell and Taylor; that the…