Calloway v. Dobson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia
At the November term of this court, 1801, a judgment at law was rendered in favour of Matthew and John Dobson, administrators of John Dobson, deceased, who was the surviving partner of Dobson, Daltera & Walker, of Liverpool, against James Calloway, surviving partner of Trents & Calloway.
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At the November term of this court, 1801, a judgment at law was rendered in favour of Matthew and John Dobson, administrators of John Dobson, deceased, who was the surviving partner of Dobson, Daltera & Walker, of Liverpool, against James Calloway, surviving partner of Trents & Calloway. The judgment was rendered in an action of assumpsit, brought to recover a large balance alleged to be due to the Liverpool firm, on closing their very extensive transactions, which had been carried on for a series of years. The defendant at law applied to this court for an injunction to restrain all…
1Opinion of the Court
MARSHALL, Circuit Justice.
This hill was brought to charge the original defendants, who had obtained a judgment at law on a general account of sales of tobacco, shipped to them by the plaintiff, with unfairness in the rendition of that account, and calls for a detailed account of sales, which would enable the plaintiff to detect the fraud, if any was committed. The present defendant, who is the representative of the surviving partner of Dobson, Daltera & Walker, filed his answer, to which he annexed a detailed account, which, he declared, exhibited all the information contained in the books of…
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