Riner v. Touslee

Citations

• 62 Ill. 266

Syllabus

<p>1. Chancery practice—referring to master. On bill for taking an account between partners where the accounts are complex and intricate, the matter should always be referred to a master, to be examined and reported, in order to a final decree; and where the parties, by stipulation to save expense, seek to impose the labor of the master upon the court, this court will not examine intricate and complicated accounts on appeal, but will affirm the decree of the court below.</p> <p>2. If the complainant in this class of cases should procure an ex parte order for a hearing without a reference, this court would reverse the decree below for want of a reference to the master.</p>