Jones v. Scott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 52, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Dec. T., 1903, No. 2, making absolute rule to open judgment and for restitution in case of Edwin G. Jones and George W. Tappan v. Charles H. Scott. Rule to open judgment and for restitution. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
Charles A. Scott, defendant, with Jones and Tappan, plaintiffs, were tenants in common of a coal lease on certain coal land in Carbon township, Huntingdon county. Scott alleging he was also a partner with Jones and Tappan in operating the lease, on February 11, 1903, filed a bill in equity for an account and appointment of a receiver for the partnership. On hearing the court below declined to find that a partnership existed and dismissed plaintiff’s bill. Thereupon, the parties compromised all matters in dispute between them, by which agreement, dated March 16,…
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