Legal Opinion

Gibson v. Everett

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 12, 1894PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Before Hudson, J., Marlboro, June, 1893. Action by Francis B. Gibson against Joseph C. Everett, W. L. Everett, and John F. Everett, commenced June 3, 1893. The order of the Circuit Judge was as follows: The mercantile firm of Everett Bros., Gibson & Co., had its place of business in Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, and recently failed.

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Before Hudson, J., Marlboro, June, 1893. Action by Francis B. Gibson against Joseph C. Everett, W. L. Everett, and John F. Everett, commenced June 3, 1893. The order of the Circuit Judge was as follows: The mercantile firm of Everett Bros., Gibson & Co., had its place of business in Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, and recently failed. J. C. Everett lives in Norfolk, F. B. Gibson and W. I. Everett in the County of Richmond, in the State of North Carolina, and J. F. Everett in the County of Marlboro, in the State of South Carolina. J. C. Everett in Norfolk and J. F. Everett in Marlboro, S.…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Pope.

This action was commenced by the lodgment of the summons on the 3d day of June, 1893. The *25complaint contains two distinct causes of action, one for the settlement of a partnership between plaintiff and defendants and for a dissolution of such partnership, and another for the recovery by the plaintiff from the defendants for over $48,000; which the plaintiff avers he laid out and expended at the request and for the benefit of defendants, and which sum they have neglected and refused to pay. On the day the action was commenced, the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Yarbrough v. CollinsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1987
  2. Wachovia Bank of South Carolina, N.A. v. PlayerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
  3. Brays Island Plantation, Inc. v. HarperSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1965

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