Melvin v. Wood

Davtes, Oh. J.

The plaintiffs claim to recover in this action a balance of account due them from the defendants, copartners, transacting business under the name of Samuel Barker. The referee before whom the action was tried found the following facts:

1. At the times in said report mentioned, the plaintiffs were and still are copartners in business in the city of New York under the firm name of Melvin & Danforth.

2. On the 1st day of April, 1859, the defendants became copartners in the business of tanning hides and skins in the Highland Tannery, Newburgh, Orange county, under the firm name of…