Sturgis v. Hull
Supreme Court of Vermont
Account. The auditor reported as follows : I find due to the plaintiff from defendant (computing interest on the balance to the 17th Nov. 1874), the sum of $391.66, subject to the opinion of the court upon the followinii: facts : In the spring of 1858, plaintiff and defendant engaged in the purchase and sale of cattle in partnership.
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Account. The auditor reported as follows : I find due to the plaintiff from defendant (computing interest on the balance to the 17th Nov. 1874), the sum of $391.66, subject to the opinion of the court upon the followinii: facts : In the spring of 1858, plaintiff and defendant engaged in the purchase and sale of cattle in partnership. Their purchases, including all expenses, amounted to 11,541.72. The gross sales amounted to $1,669.77. Their profits were $128.05. Their purchases and sales were all completed by Aug. 11', 1858, and the partnership transactions were substantially closed by that…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, Ch. J.
This is a common-law action of account. It was commenced in August, 1872, to settle the accounts between the parties as copartners, and was entered at the September Term of the County Court in this county. The parties ap-' peared, and at the same term a judgment was rendered by the court that the defendant should account. An auditor was appointed to take the accounting, and the case continued for that purpose.
Subsequently, the Legislature of this state, at a session commencing in October, 1872, passed an act declaring that, “the…
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