Martin v. Todd
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. A. H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. George Todd, one of the appellees, filed a bill in the superior court of Cook county against Anderson E. Martin and Alvah T. Martin, who are attorneys at law, and Wabash Shoe Company, for an accounting. Todd had been secretary and treasurer of that company.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. A. H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. George Todd, one of the appellees, filed a bill in the superior court of Cook county against Anderson E. Martin and Alvah T. Martin, who are attorneys at law, and Wabash Shoe Company, for an accounting. Todd had been secretary and treasurer of that company. The bill charged that the Martins had received and collected certain moneys belonging to Todd and wrongfully appropriated the same to their own use. Answers and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The testimony in this case was taken before the master. The findings of fact contained in the decree warrant the relief awarded. In the transcript, of the record there is no transcript of the master’s report nor of the evidence taken before him. Instead, the original master’s report, including the evidence taken before him, was embodied in a certificate of evidence, the original master’s report with the evidence attached, and not a copy thereof, being inserted bodily in that certificate. A stipulation was then made that the original, instead of a copy, of the certificate of evidence be…
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