Moore v. Wood
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 60, Jan. T., 1895, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Fayette Co., No. 175, in equity. Bill in equity for an account. The case was referred to Thomas R. Wakefield as master, from whose report it appeared that on May 15, 1871, Elisha P. Gibbons, Samuel A. Wood and James A. Cromlow, entered into articles of copartnership for the purpose of carrying on the sawmill and planing mill business in Bridgeport borough.
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Appeal, No. 60, Jan. T., 1895, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Fayette Co., No. 175, in equity. Bill in equity for an account. The case was referred to Thomas R. Wakefield as master, from whose report it appeared that on May 15, 1871, Elisha P. Gibbons, Samuel A. Wood and James A. Cromlow, entered into articles of copartnership for the purpose of carrying on the sawmill and planing mill business in Bridgeport borough. At the time of the formation of the partnership Samuel A. Wood owned a one third interest in lots Nos. 11 and 12, in the plan of the borough of Bridgeport. The articles…
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Mr. Chiee Justice Sterrett,
The first and second specifications respectively allege error, *368(1st) in confirming the amended report of the master and directing a decree in accordance with the opinion of the court filed September 15,1894, and (2d) in entering, pursuant thereto, the decree of September 18, 1895, recited in said specification.
This decree is based on said amended report; and, assuming the latter to be substantially correct, the decree was fully warranted by the findings of fact and conclusions of law therein stated. The second specification is therefore groundless, unless…
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