Coleman v. Ross
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
■ Appeal from the District Court of Allegheny county. This was a proceeding on the equity side of the court, founded on a bill for an account filed June 5th 1861, by James M. Ross against William Coleman, in which the complainant averred that a contract of copartnership was entered into, 13th May 1859, between the parties for manufacture of car-wheels, under patents granted to plaintiff, and vending rights to use said invention, in which the interest of Coleman was…
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■ Appeal from the District Court of Allegheny county. This was a proceeding on the equity side of the court, founded on a bill for an account filed June 5th 1861, by James M. Ross against William Coleman, in which the complainant averred that a contract of copartnership was entered into, 13th May 1859, between the parties for manufacture of car-wheels, under patents granted to plaintiff, and vending rights to use said invention, in which the interest of Coleman was two-thirds, and that of Ross one-third'; that in consideration of $500 paid by Coleman to Ross, the latter had transferred to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, November 5th 1863, by
Strong, J.
This was a bill for an account between partners. The defendant having put in an answer, a reference was directed to a master who stated an account, which in a single particular was corrected in the court below. Whether that correction was properly made is the leading question now. The bill charges that on or about the last of August 1860, after the business of the firm had been stopped and discontinued, the complainant sold to the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company a single right to manufacture and use for their own…
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