Besson v. Cox

Dodd, V. C.

George Cox and "William Cox, brothers, being partners in *88trade, the latter died, and his executor, the complainant in this suit, filed a bill for account against George, the surviving partner. It was referred to a master, to take and state the account, and on the hearing before him the surviving partner was offered on his own behalf as a witness to prove that the deceased partner had applied moneys of the firm to his own individual use, with which moneys the estate of the deceased should be charged. To support this averment a certain cheek purporting to be the cheek of the firm,…