Steere v. Brownell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Owen T. Reeves, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Owen T. Reeves, Judge, presiding. On the 1st of January, 1877, Elisha B. Steere, the appellant, and William J. Brownell, the appellee, entered into a co-partnership in the boot and- shoe business, at Bloomington, this State, under the firm name of W. J. Brownell & Co. The partnership continued until on or about the 31st of January, 1883, when certain differences arose between them in respect to business transactions, some of which related to the partnership,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
An examination of the oral testimony in connection with the submission shows that the differences between the parties which led to a dissolution of the partnership and the submission of. their disputes to arbitration, related mainly to certain partnership claims -which had been either paid by or were due to or from the firm, or had been paid by one or the other of the parties and claimed to be due from the firm. For illustration, it was claimed by Brownell, on the one hand, that a large amount of money and goods which had been drawn out of the firm by John P. McLean, for his services as…
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