Frank v. Webb
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. W. E. Trigg, Chancellor. In July, 1885, F. C. Webb, administrator, and the heirs-at-law of J. W. Lyman, deceased, filed their bill in the chancery court of Bolivar county, against Godfrey Frank, Henry Frank, and Joseph Sugarman for an accounting of the partnership business of J. W. Lyman & Co., a firm lately before then engaged in trade, composed of said Lyman, in his lifetime, and the defendants.
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From the chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. W. E. Trigg, Chancellor. In July, 1885, F. C. Webb, administrator, and the heirs-at-law of J. W. Lyman, deceased, filed their bill in the chancery court of Bolivar county, against Godfrey Frank, Henry Frank, and Joseph Sugarman for an accounting of the partnership business of J. W. Lyman & Co., a firm lately before then engaged in trade, composed of said Lyman, in his lifetime, and the defendants. The bill charged that the firm of J. W. Lyman & Co. was formed in the year 1873, and that the business continued until Lyman’s death in April, 1885;…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
This is an appeal from the decree of the chancery court of Bolivar county, by which appellants are required to pay appellees about $14,575. Nearly thirty causes are assigned for error, but a full and thorough examination of the voluminous record makes it apparent that we need consider a few only, in order to reach a proper conclusion.
It is alleged by counsel for appellants that some of the appellants against whom the decree was rendered were never before the court.
The record shows that in October, 1888, without any motion or suggestion from any source, a summons was issued in this cause,…
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