McCormick v. Gray et al. affairs, business, and dealings of the late firm of McCormick & Gray, submitting all their said partnership differences and all other differences to me as such arbitrator: And the said parties having appeared before me as such arbitrator on the fourteenth day of January last, and for several days thereafter, together with their respective counsel, and witnesses, vouchers and proofs having been then sworn, exhibited, produced, and examined, and the said differences and disputes having been finally submitted to me on the nineteenth day of January last, and it appearing to me that such differences and disputes so existing grew out of the partnership business and dealing of the said late firm of McCormick & Gray, and in the accounts of the said respective parties, and in the claims on their respective parts, one against the other, for alleged breaches of the copartnership articles, and in the final settlement and adjustment of all their copartnership business, dealings, and accounts, and all of the same having been by me fully examined and considered, I do find and award as follows, to wit: I do find that the assets and liabilities of said late firm on the fourteenth day of January last, were as they are stated to be in an account of assets and liabilities hereto annexed, and marked A, that is to say: Real estate constituting assets of said firm, amount ing to Machinery amounting to Bills receivable, &c., for reapers, Iron on hand, 238 sickles, $3,50, 13 reapers, $120, $9,406 06 $1,802 82 1,750 60 1,635.29 30 00 105 00 204 08 73 75 4,051 88 12,050 67 $21,710 09 31,207 43 $52,917 52 McCormick v. Gray et al. And I do, therefore, award as follows: 1st. I award out of the money and assets of said firm, whether in the hands of either of said copartners or of their agents, there in the first place be paid the following of said debts and liabilities of said firm, pro ratâ, until the same shall be fully paid, viz., the above-mentioned debts and liabilities, principal and interest, to the time of payment due to Fitch, Barry & Co., Seymour & Morgan, (both claims,) O. Orcutt, M. & M. Stone, H. Rowell, and George M. Gray, and all other outstanding debts, if there should be any found to be omitted in the above account due or coming due by said firm to third persons. 2d. I award that in the next place there be paid to Cyrus H. McCormick, one of said copartners, out of money and assets, the sum of fourteen thousand six hundred and ten dollars, ($14,610,) for his patent fees, as stipulated by the articles of copartnership, for reapers sold by said firm. 3d. I award that in the third place there be paid out of the assets of the said firm, and in the manner hereinafter stated to each of said copartners, viz., to the said Charles M. Gray, and to the said Cyrus H. McCormick, the amount due by said late firm to each of said copartners as stated above, and in the annexed account marked A, viz., to the said Charles M. Gray, the sum of four thousand and fifty-one dollars and eighty-eight cents, (4,051.88,) and to the said Cyrus H. McCormick, the sum of twelve thousand and fifty dollars and sixty-seven cents, (12,050.67,) the said two last mentioned sums to be paid to each of said copartners in the manner specified hereinafter fifthly; and the balance coming to said McCormick over and above his half of his real estate and machinery mentioned hereinafter to be paid to him in money. 4th. I award that out of the balance of the money and assets of said firm, as profits, after paying the items above mentioned, there be paid to the firm of Ogden and Jones, of Chicago, on account of the sale made to them by the said Charles M. Gray, by deed dated the fifteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, one fourth part, to Cyrus H. McCormick, one of the said copartners, one fourth part, and to Charles M. Gray, the other of the said copartners, the remaining two fourth parts; the said parts to be paid to each of the said parties, pro rata, as the moneys and assets are received and collected. 5th. I do award that the real estate and machinery and their appurtenances, and the tools of the said late firm of McCormick & Gray, amounting together, according to the above statement, to thirteen thousand and forty-three dollars and twenty-three McCormick v. Gray et al. cents, (13,043.23,) that is to say, the real estate to nine thousand four hundred and six dollars and six cents, ($9,406.06,) and the machinery, &c., to three thousand six hundred and thirty-seven dollars and seventeen cents, (3,637.17,) be taken, one half part thereof by each of the said copartners, viz., the said McCormick and the said Gray, at the above-mentioned rate, that is to say, six thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-one and a half cents ($6,521.61,) each, and that such appropriation by each of said copartners of one half of the said real estate and machinery at the sum of six thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-one and a half cents, (6,521.61,) each, be applied towards the payment of the respective balance due to each of them by the said firm, that is to say, of the balance of twelve thousand and fifty dollars and sixty-seven cents due to the said McCormick, and the balance of four thousand and fifty-one dollars and eighty-eight cents, (4,051.88,) due the said Charles M. Gray, and that the balance of the said Charles M. Gray's half of said real estate and machinery, over and above the payment of the said sum of $4,051.88, be applied in part payment of the two fourth parts of the profits of said firm, coming to him as awarded fourthly above. 6th. I do award that the thirteen reapers belonging to said firm, on hand and unsold, be sold with all convenient despatch, and at the best price that can be had for the same, and that out of the proceeds thereof, there be paid to Cyrus H. McCormick the sum of thirty dollars for each of said reapers so to be sold, as a patent fee; but if the said reapers shall sell for a less amount than one hundred and twenty dollars a piece, then the patent fee aforesaid shall be apportioned to the amount of the sale of each reaper in the same proportion as thirty dollars is to one hundred and twenty dollars, and the said patent fee to be paid as aforesaid upon the sale of the said thirteen reapers shall be deducted from the profits to be divided as above fourthly stated. 7th. I do award that the bills, receivable accounts, and debts due the said firm, not already collected, whether in the hands of either of said copartners or their agent or agents, be collected and caused to be collected in money by the said copartners, and each of them, with all reasonable diligence and despatch; and that the iron and sickles on hand mentioned in said account, and all other assets of the said firm, (excepting the real estate and machinery and tools above stated,) not already sold, be sold and converted into money with all convenient and reasonable diligence, and at the best price that can be procured for the same, and the proceeds of all of the above applied in pursuance of the direction and provisions of this award. McCormick v. Gray et al. 8th. I do award that all moneys, notes, and other property and assets of said late firm, in the hands or possession of or under the control of either of said copartners, shall be forthwith applied by them, and each of them, according to the terms and provisions of this award. 9th. In case any part of the debts mentioned in the first above-mentioned item, or of the patent fees mentioned in the second above-mentioned item, shall have been paid since the hearing of the arbitration aforesaid, the amount of such payment shall be deducted from the amounts directed thereby to be paid. 10th. I do award that all necessary costs and expenses which may be expended or incurred in the sale of any of the copartnership property, and in the collection of the bills receivable and debts due the said firm, shall be paid out of the balance of the partnership moneys and assets fourthly above mentioned, before the whole of such balance shall be finally divided as mentioned in said above-mentioned fourth item. 11th. This award shall be a final settlement of the accounts of the late partnership firm of McCormick & Gray, and of the manner in which the assets of said firm are to be paid, appropriated, and applied, and embracing as well the settlement of the accounts of the respective partners, as an adjustment of their respective claims one against the other, growing out of their said partnership dealings, and of all differences and matters of difference between the said Cyrus H. McCormick and Charles M. Gray, which have been submitted by the arbitration. All of which is signed by me in duplicate, as my award in the premises, this twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. HUGH T. DICKEY." In June, 1849, McCormick filed his bill in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Illinois, against Gray and Ogden for an account, &c., upon the ground that the award was null and void for the following reasons: "First. The said award is not within the terms or spirit of the said submission; and the said arbitrator exceeded the power and jurisdiction conferred upon him by the said parties, in this, to wit: 1st. That in and by the said assignment from the said McCormick and Gray to said trustee, William B. Ogden, it is expressly declared in the first section thereof, that said Ogden shall proceed to collect said assets as speedily as may be, and after first paying all expenses, costs, and commissions attending the collection and disbursement of the same, shall pay over to said McCormick the sum of $14,610, on account of patent fees due McCormick v. Gray et al. him for the manufacture of said Virginia Reaper as aforesaid; whereas the said arbitrator, wholly disregarding the said assignment and the said proviso of said arbitration-bond herein before mentioned and set forth, in and by his said award, awarded and directed in the seventh section thereof, (amongst other things,) that the bills receivable, accounts, and debits due the said firm, not (then) already collected, whether in the hands of either of said copartners, or of their agent or agents, be collected or caused to be collected in money by the said copartners, and each of them; and in and by the said first section of said award, the said arbitrator awarded (amongst other things) that out of the money and assets of said firm, whether in the hands of either of the said copartners or of their agents, there in the first place be paid certain debts and liabilities of said firm, mentioned and specified in said section, pro ratâ ; and the said section of the said award directed and awarded, in substance, that in the next place there be paid to your orator out of the funds of said copartnership the sum of $14,610 for his said patent fees. Thus attempting to subvert and annul the said assignment so made to said Ogden, by directing the said parties to collect the said debts and assets so assigned to him, instead of said Ogden, and in utter disregard of his rights and duties as trustee, and to disburse and distribute the funds of said partnership in a different manner from that provided in and by the trusts of said assignment, and postponing the payment of the said sum of $14,610 so due to your orator for patent fees, until after the payment of said debts mentioned in said first section of said award, contrary to the tenor and effect, true intent, and meaning of the said assignment, and of the said arbitration-bond. 2d. The said assignment provides, in the second section thereof, that said Ogden shall pay all legal liabilitities and debts of the said McCormick and Gray as they shall become due; whereas the said award in the first section thereof awards and directs, in substance, that certain debts in said last-mentioned section specified, shall be paid pro ratâ until the same shall be paid. 3d. The said assignment in the third section thereof (amongst other things,) provides, in substance, that the balance of said assets, as fast as collected, shall be paid in pro rata sums as follows; to said McCormick one half of all moneys collected, to Ogden and Jones one fourth, and the remaining fourth to said Gray; provided, however, and it is in said third section agreed and understood, that the respective sums therein provided to be paid to said McCormick and Gray, respectively, shall be retained by said Ogden to await the award of said Dickey, and shall in no case be paid over to either of said parties, until said award shall be made; and when said award shall be made, in case it |