Legal Opinion

Mason v. Tiffany

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1867PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake county; the Hon. George Manierre, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese

This was a proceeding in chancery, in the Lake Circuit Court, by Hel son Mason, assignee of Mason, McArthur & Co., against Catharine E. Tiffany, administratrix, and William C. Tiffany and Edward S. L. Bachelder, administrators, of George B. Tiffany, deceased, and Hiram Morgan and others, surviving partners of the late firm of George B. Tiffany & Co., to enforce the payment by the estate of George B. Tiffany, on. account of the insolvency of the surviving partners, of a claim held by the complainant against that firm.

The claim grew out of a contract made by the firm of Tiffany & Co., through…

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Pufahl v. Estate of ParksSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Barnes v. Northern Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Hayward v. BurkeIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Lackner v. McKechneyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1918
  5. Doggett v. DillIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

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