Sandford v. Embry
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. This is a bill to reopen a settlement of a partnership for the construction and operation of a small steamboat upon one of the rivers of Mexico, and to have an- accounting between the parties of the expenditures and receipts in the construction and operation of same.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. This is a bill to reopen a settlement of a partnership for the construction and operation of a small steamboat upon one of the rivers of Mexico, and to have an- accounting between the parties of the expenditures and receipts in the construction and operation of same. After completing and running the boat for a few months she snagged and sank while complainant was, by the agreement, in sole charge and management. In this condition the complainant agreed.to buy the defendant’s interest,…
1Opinion of the CourtLurton, Circuit Judge
Upon the application of both parties, the court below appointed a special master and referred the case to him “for trial upon all points at issue upon the pleadings and as the ends of justice may require.” This special master was directed to take evidence “and inquire into and report upon all questions properly at issixe herein between the parties and to state an account between them and determine and report to this court the testimony which he may take and also his conclusions upon all the issues joined and the amount, if anything, which the complainant is entitled to recover against the…
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