Bishop v. Baldwin
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of account, charging the defendant as partner with the plaintiff, from the fourth of April, 1835, to the fourth of April, 1837, in the business of carding wool and dressing'jeloth, and that the defendant, during that time, received one thousand dollars more than his just share, to account for, &c.
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This was an action of account, charging the defendant as partner with the plaintiff, from the fourth of April, 1835, to the fourth of April, 1837, in the business of carding wool and dressing'jeloth, and that the defendant, during that time, received one thousand dollars more than his just share, to account for, &c. Upon this declaration judgment to account was rendered-in the county court by consent of the parties, and auditors were appointed, who reported a balance in favor of the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the court upon the facts stated in their report. It was contended by the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redeield, J.
This action of account is becoming so frequent, of late, in our courts, that it is important to examine more in detail the rules by which its process and pleadings were regulated, while the action was in use in England. The case of Godfrey v. Saunders, (C. B. 1770,) 3 Wilson, 94, is a case very fully argued, and very elaborately discussed from the bench ; and although the Chief Justice regrets, that the suit should have been pending fourteen years, albeit it were without the fault of that court, I must still think, in contradiction of the…
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