McCandless v. Crouse
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. On March 31, 1896, appellant, Archibald W. McCandless, and appellee, John N. Crouse, entered into a written contract of co-partnership for the practice of dentistry in Chicago.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. On March 31, 1896, appellant, Archibald W. McCandless, and appellee, John N. Crouse, entered into a written contract of co-partnership for the practice of dentistry in Chicago. The contract recites that Crouse had been in the dentistry business in Chicago for over twenty years, and had built up a business the good will of which was worth $50,-000; that McCandless had been in the dentistry business in Chicago for about…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Most of the evidence in the case was taken upon the controversy as to which of the parties was to blame for the failure of the business and cause of the dissolution of the partnership. This question is not- material under the pleadings. The parties entered into a written contract of partnership. Differences arose which rendered it undesirable for them to remain together, and they entered into a written agreement dissolving the partnership by mutual consent. If this agreement had not been entered into and a bill had been filed to dissolve the partnership and for an accounting, then the…
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