Hall's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny county. This was an appeal by John S. Hall, Frances Bailey, and Samuel W. Hall, heirs and assigns of Samuel Hall, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny county reversing and setting aside the auditor’s report on the account of John C. Bidwell and John Hall, executors of said deceased. Samuel Hall died in April 1852, and at the time of his death was a member of the firm of Hall & Spear.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny county. This was an appeal by John S. Hall, Frances Bailey, and Samuel W. Hall, heirs and assigns of Samuel Hall, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny county reversing and setting aside the auditor’s report on the account of John C. Bidwell and John Hall, executors of said deceased. Samuel Hall died in April 1852, and at the time of his death was a member of the firm of Hall & Spear. The account of his executors was filed in 1857, showing a balance due the' estate of $868.90, which was excepted to by John S. Hall, one, of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Thompson, J.
Samuel Hall and Alexander Spear, by articles of agreement dated the 7th of April 1845, entered into copartnership, for the manufacturing and sale of ploughs, with a capital stock valued at $7943.94, of which two-thirds was owned by Hall, and the other third by Spear. It was dissoluble in any year ensuing the date, at the option of either partner, on giving to the other three months’ notice. In July 1850, the terms of the copartnership were modified in two material respects. In the first place, it was agreed to be continued for eight years,…
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