Goembel v. Arnett
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding. William S. Goembel and Jacob Goembel filed their bill in chancery in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Henry county, against Samuel J. Arnett, Jacob Arnett and Wesley C. Graham, alleging therein, in substance, that in September, 1875, William S. Goembel, Samuel J. Arnett and John Eapp formed an equal partnership, for the purpose of merchandising in Geneseo; that such firm did business until November, 1876, when…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The only point in dispute in regard to the question of the fact of a sale by William S. Goembel to Samuel Arnett, is whether the terms of the contract were to be reduced to writing, and Samuel was to give his father, Jacob, as surety for the payment of the $2000 to Goembel, and that Samuel would pay the firm debts. William S. Goembel asserts that this was the contract, and Samuel Arnett denies it. It is not controverted that Goembel went out of the store, and left Arnett in possession as sole owner, and that Goembel thereafter worked a month for Arnett, under what was assumed to have been the…
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