Stokes v. Stokes
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by William B. D. Stokes against Anson P. Stokes and FrederickP. Olcott, sole surviving partners of Phelps, Stokes & Co., and John A. Stewart and others, executors, etc., of Isaac N. Phelps, deceased. The defendants, executors, appeal from interlocutory judgment overruling their demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff for an accounting in respect to the copartnership dealings and transactions of the firm of Phelps, Stokes & Co. from the time of the commencement thereof to the time of its dissolution. It appeared from the complaint that James Stokes, Isaac N. Phelps, and Anson P. Stokes entered into copartnership, the articles concerning which were in writing, and which provided that said copartnership should commence on the 1st of January, 1879, and continue for five years, unless terminated by the death of Anson P. Stokes, or by a written notice of either of the…
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- Burnett v. . SnyderNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Hooley v. GieveNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1879
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