Legal Opinion

Little v. Little

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 21, 1891PublishedCited by 10 opinions

PPEAL from district court, Traill county; Hon. Charles F. Templeton, Judge. Actions by Samuel Little against Helen M. Little .for the recovery of money dne on dissolution of a partnership. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. Plaintiff could not sue for a money judgment, as there had been no settlement of the firm accounts.

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PPEAL from district court, Traill county; Hon. Charles F. Templeton, Judge. Actions by Samuel Little against Helen M. Little .for the recovery of money dne on dissolution of a partnership. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. Plaintiff could not sue for a money judgment, as there had been no settlement of the firm accounts. Bates on Partnership, Yol. 2, § 849 and cases cited; Harkell v. Adams, 7 Pick. 59; Williams v. Henshaw, 12 Pick. 378; Carey v. Bruth, 2 Caines 293; Murry v. Bogart, 14 Johns. 318; Paine v. Thatcher, 25 Wend. 450; McGilvray v. More, 23 Pac. Rep. 96. The wrongful acts…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

W A.LLIN, J.

After the two actions entitled as above were at issue- they were consolidated by an order of the district court,, and,, without objection, were tried as a single action in equity for an accounting between partners. In the action first begun the complaint states in effect that plaintiff and defendant entered into a co-partnership and instituted a business as retail merchants and saloon-keepers, at Caledonia, on February 15, 1886, and that said firm continued in business until September 10, 1886, at which time it is alleged that the firm…

2Cited by10 opinions

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  2. Hanes v. MitchellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Oliver-Mercer Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. FisherNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Lay v. EmeryNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Embden State Bank v. SheaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1923

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