Brewer v. Bain
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Pickens. Heard before tbe Hon. W. A. Dillard. Tbe bill in tbis case was filed on tbe 21st March, 1871, by John N. Bain, against Baleigh Brewer, and sought an account and settlement of certain partnership transactions between them in farming during the year 1870. The lands cultivated by the parties belonged to said Brewer, and were situated in Noxubee county, Mississippi, adjoining Pickens county, Alabama, where the parties lived, and where…
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Pickens. Heard before tbe Hon. W. A. Dillard. Tbe bill in tbis case was filed on tbe 21st March, 1871, by John N. Bain, against Baleigh Brewer, and sought an account and settlement of certain partnership transactions between them in farming during the year 1870. The lands cultivated by the parties belonged to said Brewer, and were situated in Noxubee county, Mississippi, adjoining Pickens county, Alabama, where the parties lived, and where the contract was made. The first contract was dated January 1, 1869, and was in these words : “ We, the undersigned, have…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The bill was filed by the appellee, for a settlement of the accounts of a partnership in planting, averred to have existed with the appellant in 1870, and to compel the appellant to account for property of the partnership, which, it is averred, he had converted to his own use. The answer denies the material allegations of the bill, and pleads, in bar of the relief sought, that the matters in controversy had been submitted to the arbitrament and award of Hugh G. Windham, and I). C. Taylor, who had rendered their award, ascertaining and declaring that the appellee was indebted to the appellant,…
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