Bird v. Doiron

The plaintiffs are two surviving partners of the firm of Thompson W. Bird & Co., and the heirs of two deceased partners of that firm. They allege, that the defendant, Julia, was a joint owner with five others, of a plantation which had theretofore been improved as a cotton plantation; that believing it would be more for their interest to employ the plantation and their slaves in the cultivation of sugar, they borrowed from the plaintiffs’ firm the funds requisite to erect the buildings, which the new culture rendered necessary ; that the plaintiffs instituted a suit against the defendant…