Bragg v. Geddes
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court of the First District; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, presiding Justice, and the Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants and Hon. Jos. M. Bailey, Justices.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court of the First District; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, presiding Justice, and the Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants and Hon. Jos. M. Bailey, Justices. Frederick A. Bragg filed his bill in equity in the Superior Court of Cook county, on the 25th day of May, 1876, against Peter Geddes and John Sheriffs, executors of the last will and testament of James Smith, deceased, William B. Smith, son and legatee of said James Smith, deceased, James Steele, and Joseph B. Putnam, administrator of the estate of Tarleton Jones, deceased, for an account and settlement of partnership…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
There can be no question but that all prior and contemporaneous agreements between Bragg and Smith, as to the terms of their agreement of dissolution of their real estate copartnership, are merged in their written agreement. That agreement bears date on the first day of May, A. D. 1869, and, after reciting the formation of the copartnership between them, their agreement to dissolve the same, the property acquired and by whom title is held, etc., proceeds in the following words:
“Now, these presents witnesseth that the said James Smith, in consideration of the premises, and of the sum of one…
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