Carper v. Hawkins
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal and supersedeas from two decrees of the circuit court of Kanawha county, granted on the petition of William N. Hawkins, the defendant below. The plaintiff below was James P. Carper. The other facts appear in the opinion of the Court. The Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of said circuit court,, presided at the hearing below.
1Opinion of the Court
Haymond, President :
The plaintiff brought this suit against the defendant on the 18th day of March, 1873, and he filed his bill therein at April rules, 1873. The plain tiffalleges in his bill that in November, 1870, he and defendant entered into co-partnership under the firm name of Hawkins & Carper for the purpose of carrying on the painting business in the city of Charleston, on the following terms and conditions, viz: They should work together, as partners, under the firm name of Hawkins & Carper, and divide equally the profits arising from said business; that in accordance with the…
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