Dehority v. Nelson

The appellee was the plaintiff, and the appellants were the defendants, in the court below.

The complaint states, that, in 1869, the plaintiff and the defendants entered into a copartnership for the purpose of making the excavations and embankments on section two of the canal, then being built by the Anderson Hydraulic Company, and each of the parties to this suit was to contribute one equal third part to the performance and completion of said work, and share one equal third part of the profits or losses arising from said work and contract.

That said work has been completed and received by said…