Morris v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jackson District Court. — Hon. A. Howat, Judge. Action in equity to wind up a partnership between the plaintiff and the defendant under the firm-name of Morris & Griffin, and for an accounting between the partners.
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Appeal from Jackson District Court. — Hon. A. Howat, Judge. Action in equity to wind up a partnership between the plaintiff and the defendant under the firm-name of Morris & Griffin, and for an accounting between the partners. The case was tried to the court, and a decree entered finding that the plaintiff is indebted to the firm in the sum of four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy-four cents, after receiving all credits, and that the defendant is indebted to the firm in the sum of fourteen thousand, five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents, after receiving all'…
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
I. In 1868 these parties entered into a copartnership in buying and selling agricultural implements at Maquoketa, Iowa, which continued till the commencement of this suit, May 17, 1888. Prior to forming this partnership the plaintiff was engaged in selling implements on commission at Maquoketa, and the defendant was farming. For the first eleven years and some months of the partnership the plaintiff was in the employment of D. M. Osborn & Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, as a salesman, at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per year for the first three months of his employment, and eighteen hundred…
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