Gover v. Hall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Chancery. By the record it appears, that a bill was filed on the loth of June 1772, by Amps Garrett, in his own right, and as admimsiraior, with the will annexed, of Peter Dicks, against Jacob Giles. The objects of the bill bchjg stated in the decrees of the chancellor, and in the opinion delivered by this court, they are here omitted. A subpena and injunction issued, as prayed for by the bill.
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Appeal from a decree of the Court of Chancery. By the record it appears, that a bill was filed on the loth of June 1772, by Amps Garrett, in his own right, and as admimsiraior, with the will annexed, of Peter Dicks, against Jacob Giles. The objects of the bill bchjg stated in the decrees of the chancellor, and in the opinion delivered by this court, they are here omitted. A subpena and injunction issued, as prayed for by the bill. At May term 1774, the defendant put in his answer, to whifb at May term 1782, the complainant excepted, and in 1784 the chancel-lo!- ruled the exceptions good, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The case appears to be this — George Churchman, Peter Dicks and dlbraham Hare, having possessed themselves of a *51lease of certain iron works in the state of Pennsylvania, called Cornwall Furnace and Hopewell Forge, to continue until the year 1765, on the 13th of November 1750, took Jacob Giles, John Hall and Amos Garrett, into an equal partnership and interest with them in the works, in consideration of the sum of £1000 furnished by Giles, Hull and Garrett, to be repaid by Churchman, Hare and Dicks, with interest, at the end of five years, out of their proportions of the profits of the works,…
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