Finletter v. Baum
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 160, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiff, and cross appeal, No. 175, Oct. T., 1902, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Venango Co., Nov. T., 1898, No. 2, on bill in equity in case of Thomas K. Finletter v. William T. Baum. Bill in equity for a partnership accounting.
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Appeal, No. 160, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiff, and cross appeal, No. 175, Oct. T., 1902, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Venango Co., Nov. T., 1898, No. 2, on bill in equity in case of Thomas K. Finletter v. William T. Baum. Bill in equity for a partnership accounting. Before Criswell, P. J. From the record it appeared that plaintiff and defendant who were brothers-in-law entered into a partnership in 1879, for the purpose of buying and selling oil certificates, and later in the business of producing lubricating oil. The partnership continued down to the date of filing the bill. On March 1,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
The statement of an account between the parties involved the examination of a number of distinct business transactions extending over a period of twenty years, in which they were interested as partners, of which no regular and accurate accounts had been kept. The laborious work imposed on the court was done with great care and patience, and except as to one account, as to which we think there was an oversight, we find nothing that would warrant a setting aside of any of the findings.
The light oil account, including a large number of items of the purchase and sale of…
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