Cochran v. Bell

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

S. M. Bell instituted a dispossessory warrant against W. O. Cochran. The defendant filed a counter-affidavit. Pending the above action, W. 0. Cochran filed a bill in equity against S. M. Bell, in which he prayed for the dissolution of a partnership, for an accounting of the partnership assets, and the appointment of a receiver, etc. The two suits were consolidated by agreement of the parties, and the cases, as consolidated, were referred to an auditor “to pass upon all questions of law and fact arising therein.”

On October 30, 1957, the auditor, after considering the…