Whitney v. Burr
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. T. A. Moran, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a bill in equity, brought by Bradley Burr, against Loren M. Whitney and J. B. Birdsell, to compel a conveyance of certain letters patent, and for an accounting against Loren M. Whitney, of assets in his hands belonging to the late firm of Burr & Whitney.
It is alleged in the bill that in January, 1874, complainant, Burr, and defendant Whitney, entered into a co-partnership at Batavia, Illinois, for the manufacture of wagon bodies under letters patent, of which Burr was the patentee; that Burr assigned a half interest in the patent to Whitney; that the co-partnership continued until…
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