Bivins v. Proctor

This is a suit by appellants as the legal representatives of the estate of Lee Bivins, deceased, against the surviving members of an alleged partnership composed of Lee Bivins, Poy Proctor, and Leon Goodman for an accounting and contribution - to losses sustained by the Bivins estate in the partnership venture.

The enterprise in question was a cattle buying and selling venture as later more fully stated. The defendants Proctor and Goodman filed separate answers, each denying under oath the partnership alleged. They further pleaded that in the venture Bivins was to furnish the capital and…