Roberts v. Kelsey

The bill in this case was filed to enforce a contract made between Richard Roberts, complainant’s intestate, and the firm of Roberts & Kelsey, which consisted of said Roberts and defendant. The case made by the bill is substantially as follows:

On the 17th of August, 1868, Roberts and Kelsey entered into written articles of copartnership whereby they became equally interested as partners. The firm property consisted under the articles of six hundred and sixteen-acres of pine land and a steam saw-mill and various tools and implements, and the undivided half of a parcel of 27 30-100 acres of…