Patterson v. . Lilly
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN tried at January Special Term, 1883, of RICHMOND Superior Court, before Graves, J. The plaintiff, as executor of Hugh L. Patterson, deceased, brought this action against the defendants Robert Lilly and John Patterson, as surviving partners of Robert Lilly & Co., and the said Lilly and Patterson and Edmund Lilly, as surviving partners of Lilly & Patterson, for an account and settlement of the partnership dealings.
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Civil ActioN tried at January Special Term, 1883, of RICHMOND Superior Court, before Graves, J. The plaintiff, as executor of Hugh L. Patterson, deceased, brought this action against the defendants Robert Lilly and John Patterson, as surviving partners of Robert Lilly & Co., and the said Lilly and Patterson and Edmund Lilly, as surviving partners of Lilly & Patterson, for an account and settlement of the partnership dealings. In 1866 a mercantile partnership was entered into by articles of agreement between the plaintiff’s testator (Hugh L. Patterson) and the defendants Robert Lilly and John…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
The exceptions taken by the defendant are, first, to the first issue submitted; secondly, to the refusal of His Honor to submit the issue proposed by the defendant; and lastly, the alleged misdirection in regard to the statute of limitations.
The first issue was one directly raised by the pleadings. The plaintiff alleged that there never had been a final account and settlement of the partnership dealings, and the defendant insisted that there had been a full and final account and settlement of all partnership matters, except as to the land and salary of the plaintiff’s testator.
The issue…
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