Rice v. Dougherty
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill in chancery. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1909. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
On January 22,1900, the defendant in error, as complainant, filed a bill of complaint against the plaintiffs in error, Dougherty and Schaeffer Piano Manufacturing Company, as defendants. Thereafter answers were filed by the defendants, and on November 21, 1900, the case was referred to Edward A. Dicker. Esq., a master in chancery, “to take and report the evidence, together with his opinion thereon as to whether the complainant is entitled to an interlocutory decree directing an accounting herein.” On May 23, 1905, the report of the master was filed, recommending that the bill be dismissed for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Purdy v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Coale v. Moline Plow Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Rice v. DoughertyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909
- Hawley v. HawleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900