Stephens v. Stephens

The opinion of Judge E- H. Henderson follows:

This case comes before me upon exceptions by both parties to the report of the Master.

The plaintiff and the defendant are husband and wife, and the cause of action, as determined in an order of his Honor, Judge Gaston, is one in which the plaintiff claims that she and her husband were copartners, and in which she asks for a partnership accounting and settlement.

The principal issue in the case is as to whether or not the evidence, shows that Mr. and Mrs. Stephens were partners in several grocery- businesses. The defendant contends that they were not…