Martin v. Campbell

Campbell filed this bill in his capacity of administrator of the estate of O. N. Lyon, deceased. The bill’s design is to have an accounting and settlement of a partnership, originating in 1917, composed of Lyon, G. W. Martin (appellant), and W. R. Clayton. The surviving partners are made parties defendant along with several creditors of the firm. In his demurrer to the original bill Martin took the objection that these creditors were improperly joined as defendants. Since only defendants so improperly joined may interpose the stated ob jection, this ground of Martin’s demurrer was without…