Legal Opinion

Adams v. Burke

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1903PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Apbeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

The appellee, John C. Burke, and George Adams, were partners, under the name of George Adams & Burke, in the live stock commission business at the Union Stock Yards at Chicago, Illinois, from March 1, 1882, until April 30, 1894, under written articles of co-partnership, by which Adams was entitled to three-fourths of the profits and Burke to one-fourth. The partnership was converted into a corporation April 30, 1894, under the name of the,George Adams & Burke Company, and the capital stock was fixed at §100,000, divided into one thousand shares of §100 each. The interests of the parties in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McNulta v. Corn Belt BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1896

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