Hilton v. . McDowell

In this case a single exception was taken in the court below, and that one was so faintly argued by counsel here as virtually to amount to its abandonment.

The plaintiff sues upon an account alleged to be due him from the defendants, as partners, for lumber furnished them for use at their gold mine, and the only question is, whether by his proofs of the partnership he had prepared the way for the admission of the declarations of one of the parties as evidence against another.

Being examined as a witness, the plaintiff testified that he had an interview with the defendant, Miller, prior to his…