Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. v. Hays

Appellant, the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, filed its bill in the circuit court of Warren county for the partition of certain real estate in the city of Monmouth. Appellees answered the bill, the cause was referred to a master to take the evidence and report his conclusions, the master recommended that the bill be dismissed for want of equity, exceptions to the report were overruled, a decree was entered as recommended, and an appeal has been prosecuted to this court.

Isaac M. Eastman and John W. Hays were engaged in the plumbing business. On February 23, 1902, they purchased the real…