Legal Opinion

Miller v. Jones

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1865PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Writ of Ebeob to the Circuit Court of Union county; the Hon. Alexander M. Jenkins, Judge, presiding. Some time prior to the 31st of October, 1858, John Adams, Ezekiel M. Miller and Eimrod C. E. Adams, entered into copartnership in a steam saw and grist-mill, in Union county, Illinois. The business was carried on until that day, when John Adams died.

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Writ of Ebeob to the Circuit Court of Union county; the Hon. Alexander M. Jenkins, Judge, presiding. Some time prior to the 31st of October, 1858, John Adams, Ezekiel M. Miller and Eimrod C. E. Adams, entered into copartnership in a steam saw and grist-mill, in Union county, Illinois. The business was carried on until that day, when John Adams died. During the same year, Sylvester Adams was appointed administrator of the estate of John Adams, deceased; and on the 9th day of May, 1860, exhibited his bill in chancery in the court below against the surviving partners of his intestate, in which…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence

This was a bill in chancery filed by Jones, as administrator of John Adams, against Miller and Nimrod Adams, surviving partners of the deceased, in a steam saw and grist-mill. The bill set forth that partnership claims to the amount of $1,987.88 had been allowed against the estate of John Adams; that assets to over that amount, had come to the hands of the surviving partners, and that they refused to settle for the same or apply them in payment of the partnership liabilities. The bill prayed an account under oath, and the appointment of a receiver. The defendants answered under oath, and…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Huggins v. HugginsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Hargadine v. GibbonsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1891
  3. Iroquois Furnace Co. v. KimbarkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
  4. Logan v. DixonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
  5. In re the Estate of SauerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1915

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