Penrod v. Smith

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARDENS

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff filed a chancery action in the Circuit Court of Johnson County for dissolution of an alleged partnership with defendant and for an accounting as to the partnership losses. A jury found in an advisory verdict that a partnership did exist and awarded damages to plaintiff for defendant’s share of partnership losses. The decree adopted the jury’s findings. Defendant brings this appeal contending that the decree below is against the manifest weight of the evidence, that the alleged partnership existed for an illegal purpose, and…