Buie v. . Kennedy

This action was brought by the plaintiff to enjoin the sale of certain real property under a power of sale contained in a mortgage given by them to the defendants. The real controversy, though, arose out of the settlement of their partnership dealings. Defendants being the owners of lands, chattels, and turpentine leases in the State of Florida, conveyed a one-half undivided interest therein to the plaintiffs for the sum of $8,000, under an existing agreement to form a copartnership for the purpose of carrying on a turpentine business, and (292) this was to constitute the capital of the firm.…