Cratty v. Peoria Law Library Ass'n
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for accounting. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria County; the Hon. Nicholas E. Worthington, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Peoria County sustaining a demurrer to and dismissing appellant’s bill. Since the sufficiency of the bill is the only question for determination, it will be necessary to set out its substantial averments. The bill alleges that prior to January 6,1879, appellant, who was then a lawyer engaged in the general practice of his profession in Peoria, together with sundry other members of the Peoria bar entered into a written agreement to organize a law library association; that it was agreed that such association should be organized, and that…
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