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34 Ill. 394

Montanye v. Hatch

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1864

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1864-04-15

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of De Kalb county; Hon. Isaac G. Wilson, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery for the settlement of a partnership account, brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error. The cause was heard at the June Term, 1863, upon the pleadings and proofs, and a decree was rendered that the complainants recover $1,445, whereupon the defendants sued out their writ of error.

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Decided 1864-04-15

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Mr. Justice Beckwith

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court:

¶2This is a suit in equity to close the affairs of a copartnership between the plaintiff in error and one Chester Potter, deceased, of whose estate the defendants in error are administrators. The copartnership was admitted, and its affairs were unsettled. The Circuit Court stated an account between the parties, and rendered a decree for the sum found due. . There was no allegation or evidence of any outstanding debts or liabilities of the firm, and no account was required touching them. The court had power to perform the duties ordinarily performed by its master in stating the account between the parties. No injustice was done to either party, as each had the same rights before the court in regard to the production of books, examination upon interrogatories, &c., that they would have had before the master. 29 Ill. 500; Jewett v. Cunard, 3 Wood & Min. 277.

¶3We are satisfied that the decree does the plaintiff in error no iniustice, and it is affirmed.

¶4Decree affirmed.

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