Jones & Parker v. Webb
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before', MOSES, J., at Newberry, March, 1875. The case is as follows: The plaintiffs, Lambert J. Joües and William C. Parker, and the defendant, William H. Webb, were partners in business at New-berry, under the partnership name of Webb, Jones & Parker.
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Before', MOSES, J., at Newberry, March, 1875. The case is as follows: The plaintiffs, Lambert J. Joües and William C. Parker, and the defendant, William H. Webb, were partners in business at New-berry, under the partnership name of Webb, Jones & Parker. In February, 1874, Jones and Parker commenced this action against Webb, alleging that the defendant had improperly applied partnership funds to his own use, and other irregularities, and,praying that the partnership be dissolved; that a receiver of its assets be appointed; that creditors be enjoined from suing at 'law, and that they be…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Moses, C. J.
Notwithstanding the extended brief and the many principles which the counsel thought it necessary to invoke in their respective arguments, there is but a single proposition presented for our determination, and that involves neither doubt nor difficulty. It questions the right of the Circuit Judge, by his order filed on the 29th March, 1875, to set aside that portion of his order of 12th May, 1874, in regard to the demands held by creditors of Webb, Jones & Parker not at the time matured.
The order so changed or modified was by consent of the…
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