Sands' Administrator v. Durham
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Giles county, pronounced at its May term, 1899, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellants were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
In the year 1886, John H. Durham, D. L. Whittaker, and D. A. Early formed a partnership for conducting a mercantile business in Giles county, under the style and firm name of D. L. Whittaker & Co. Whittaker furnished the capital of a stock of goods, amounting to $3,000, which he was to get back out of the concern, and they were to be equal partners, dividing equally the profits and losses. The firm, after doing an unsuccessful business, dissolved in October, 1897, by selling out their stock of goods to one G. L. Bane. Judgments had been obtained against the firm, which were unpaid, and there…
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