Connor v. Sewell

GAINES, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by F. M. Sewell in the .District Court, alleging, in substance, that he and Connor entered into a contract to carry on a newspaper, in which it was agreed that the latter was to furnish the capital; that he was to furnish his skill and labor in promoting the enterprise, and that the profits were to be equally divided between them. He also alleged, in effect, that after the business had been established and carried on for about five months and twenty-one days the defendant forcibly and unlawfully entered upon and took possession of the office and…