Lawrence v. Trustees of Leake & Watts Orphan House
New York Supreme Court
On appeal from the court of chancery. Herman Le Roy, as surviving executor of John G. Leake deceased, filed his bill in the court of chancery against the appellants, as executors of Augustine H. Lawrence deceased, to recover the amount of about fifty thousand dollars together with the interest thereon for several years, which debt, as the complainant alleged, was due to his testator from the firm of Augustine H. Lawrence & Company; which consisted of Augustine H. Lawrence…
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On appeal from the court of chancery. Herman Le Roy, as surviving executor of John G. Leake deceased, filed his bill in the court of chancery against the appellants, as executors of Augustine H. Lawrence deceased, to recover the amount of about fifty thousand dollars together with the interest thereon for several years, which debt, as the complainant alleged, was due to his testator from the firm of Augustine H. Lawrence & Company; which consisted of Augustine H. Lawrence and his son Augustine N. Lawrence, one of the appellants. The bill alleged that a recovery at law had been had against A.…
1Opinion of the Court
The assistant vice chancellor,
in the opinion delivered by him, came to the conclusion upon the questions of fact, that the Messrs. Lawrence were responsible as partners upon their transactions with Leake, and that they were indebted to him in the sum of §50,000, which was on interest at five per cent, from July 1, 1826, and that this indebtedness was concealed and denied after the death of Leake, and was not discovered by his representatives until after Lawrence died. He then stated and enforced the following propositions, referring to the authorities as hereafter mentioned.
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