King v. . Winants
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioh for the dissolution of a co-partnership, for an account and the appointment of a receiver, and in the meantime for an injunction, restraining the defendant from receiving moneys due the co-partnership, heard before Bussell, J., at Spring Term, 1874, of New Haktovee Superior Court.
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Civil aotioh for the dissolution of a co-partnership, for an account and the appointment of a receiver, and in the meantime for an injunction, restraining the defendant from receiving moneys due the co-partnership, heard before Bussell, J., at Spring Term, 1874, of New Haktovee Superior Court. It was referred to a referee, who after finding certain facts, reported as his conclusion, that the parties were never at any time partners inter se, whatever may have been their status as to third persons. And that the agreement between the parties, was in fraud of the city of Wilmington, illegal and…
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