McAdams's executors v. Hawes
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 5 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEAL EROM HANCOCK CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Hardin’s Rep. 62, Owens v. Owens. Collyer on Partnership, secs. 130, 324. 2 Duvall, 480, Anderson v. Sutton. 1 Duvall, 51, Bank of Louisville v. Barrick, &c. 1 Parsons on Contracts, 197, 198, 200. 3 Dana, 564, Bently, &c. v. Clark. 15 Johnson, 57, Griswold v. Waddington. 16 Johnson, 438. Code, secs. 257, 289. CITED Code, secs. 228, 238, 233, 257, 115, 116, 117, 153, 364, 366, 367. Drake on Attachments, secs.…
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Case 5 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEAL EROM HANCOCK CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Hardin’s Rep. 62, Owens v. Owens. Collyer on Partnership, secs. 130, 324. 2 Duvall, 480, Anderson v. Sutton. 1 Duvall, 51, Bank of Louisville v. Barrick, &c. 1 Parsons on Contracts, 197, 198, 200. 3 Dana, 564, Bently, &c. v. Clark. 15 Johnson, 57, Griswold v. Waddington. 16 Johnson, 438. Code, secs. 257, 289. CITED Code, secs. 228, 238, 233, 257, 115, 116, 117, 153, 364, 366, 367. Drake on Attachments, secs. 251, 222. Story on Partnerships, secs. 315, 316. Story on Contracts, sec. 54. Parsons on Partnership, 27, 28. Parsons on…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hardin
Although the questions involved by this appeal are not numerous, nor very difficult if clearly discernible from the record, their consideration is much embarrassed both by the defective and irregular preparation of the several consolidated cases in the court below and the confused manner in which the record has been supplied.
On the 3d day of January, 1851, Edwin Hawes and his brother ¥m. F. Hawes, in contemplation of a copartnership in the business of mining and selling coal from a tract of about seven hundred and fifty acres of land, then owned by the former, in Hancock County and adjacent…
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