Carpenter v. St. Clair Circuit Judge

One Otis Joslyn filed a bill for an accounting in the St. Clair circuit court, in chancery. The bill alleged that a copartnership existed, consisting of Angus M. Carpenter and Brooks, Joslyn & Co.; that the firm of Brooks, Joslyn & Co. was composed of Otis Joslyn and George Brooks, deceased. The defendant filed a plea setting up that one John Jenkinson had been duly appointed administrator of the estate of George Brooks. This plea came on to be heard, and was overruled. The question presented is whether the administrator is a necessary party. The rule is stated to be that the administrator of…