Willis v. Crawford
Oregon Supreme Court
From Douglas: H. K. Hanna, Judge. This is a suit by Wm. R. Willis against Andrew M. Crawford to dissolve an alleged partnership and for an accounting.
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From Douglas: H. K. Hanna, Judge. This is a suit by Wm. R. Willis against Andrew M. Crawford to dissolve an alleged partnership and for an accounting. The transcript shows that one J. T. C. Nash was the owner of a mine in Douglas County, Oregon, which he sold to the Victory Placer-Mining Company, a corporation, receiving therefor its bonds in the sum of $90,000, and an assignment of a cause of action instituted by one W. H. Harris against the International Nickel-Mining Company to recover the sum of $10,000. A cross bill haying been filed in said action, making Nash a party, he retained the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
1. It is contended by defendant’s counsel that no- partnership existed between the plaintiff and the defendant; that, if the latter received any money from Nash to which the plaintiff was entitled, he had an adequate remedy at law for the recovery thereof; and that the court erred in holding that equity had jurisdiction of the cause. It is not alleged in the complaint, and the evidence fails to show, that the plaintiff and defendant were general partners, though each paid one-half the cost of the fuel used and of the rent of the separate rooms occupied by them, and a city license was issued…
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