Wright v. Hutchinson
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. Samuel P. McConnell, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Samuel P. McConnell, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District, affirming a decree of the circuit court of Cook county sustaining a demurrer interposed by appellees to a bill in equity filed by appellants, against them and John Cudahy, and dismissing said bill as to appellees for want of equity. The following synopsis of the bill is taken from the opinion of the Appellate Court: “We adopt the statement…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The questions here involved arose on the demurrer of appellees to appellants’ bill of complaint. The bill has a two-fold purpose: First, to compel an accounting and settlement of the alleged partnership matters between appellant Wright and John Cudahy; and second, to have the agreement between Cudahy and his individual creditors, and the deed of trust upon certain real estate, and the pledge of certain additional securities securing the payment of the promissory notes therein provided to be given, declared to be an assignment for the benefit of all the creditors of said John Cudahy. The first…
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- Wright v. CudahyIllinois Supreme Court · 1897