Channon v. Stewart
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. In December, 1877, appellants, who were doing business in Chicago in the ship-chandlery business, wishing to add to their business a sail-making branch, employed appellee to take charge of and manage the sail-making branch of the business.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. In December, 1877, appellants, who were doing business in Chicago in the ship-chandlery business, wishing to add to their business a sail-making branch, employed appellee to take charge of and manage the sail-making branch of the business. His compensation, by their agreement, was to be a salary of $700 a year and one-half of the net profits accruing from the sail-making. This contract was for one year— 1878. He entered upon…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
It is insisted that a court of chancery has not jurisdiction in this case. It is said- appellee was not a partner with appellants, and hence the case does not fall under the head of accounts between partners, and that there is not any such complication of accounts as might otherwise call for the intervention of a court of chancery. It is true appellee was not a partner with appellants, but to ascertain his true compensation it is necessary to adjust the accounts of the partnership of appellants, for the amount of the net profits of that business must be ascertained before the true amount of…
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