Lee Chew v. Lee Wong Shee

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, C. J.

This is a suit in equity brought by a surviving partner against the legal representatives of a deceased partner and against certain others claiming interests as partners, for an accounting and for dissolution of the partnership and distribution of the assets after payment of creditors. The respondents filed a plea in abatement alleging that at the time of the commencement of this suit there was another equity suit pending in the same court, brought by the same complainant against the partner, then living, who was the predecessor in interest of all of the…