Baker v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Wickes, J.)
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
This is a bill filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City by the appellee as executor of Charles J. Baker, deceased, against the appellants, two of his sons, as surviving partners of the firm of Baker Brothers & Co., for an accounting, and for contribution by them to the losses of the firm in proportion to their respective interests therein. The answer to the bill, while admitting the partnership charged, set up two defenses to the relief prayed; first, that the appellants never were liable, as between themselves and their deceased partner, for any of the losses or debts of the firm, and…
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