Watson v. Renwick
New York Court of Chancery
PETITION of the plaintiffs, stating that they, as assignees of Benjamin Gray, of Manchester, in England, a bankrupt, filed their bill against the defendant, as administratrix of William Renwick, late of the city of New- York, deceased, for discovery and account of an unsettled copartnership, and the dealings between B, G. and W. R. as partners in trade.
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PETITION of the plaintiffs, stating that they, as assignees of Benjamin Gray, of Manchester, in England, a bankrupt, filed their bill against the defendant, as administratrix of William Renwick, late of the city of New- York, deceased, for discovery and account of an unsettled copartnership, and the dealings between B, G. and W. R. as partners in trade. That the bill required the defendant to set forth all the books, papers, accounts, See. relative to the matters of the bill, and such as have been burnt, or destroyed by her. That the defendant, in her answer, has not set forth such a list or…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
This is an application for a very sweeping order, touching the production of books and papers, referred or alluded to in the defendant’s answer.
The bill is for discovery and account, and the prayer in it is, that the defendant, who is sued as administratrix of her late husband, William Renwick, deceased, may set forth “ a list or schedule of all such books, papers, letters, accounts, memoranda, vouchers, and writings, in her custody, possession, or power, relating to the matters set forth in the bill, and a like list of all such of them as have been burnt or destroyed by her,”…
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