Bank of Port Gibson v. Baugh
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the superior court of chancery. Hon. Robert H. Buckner, judge. The Bank of Port Gibson filed their bill against John M, Carpenter and others, in which they state that on the 1st June, 1832, Horace and John Carpenter formed a planting and mercantile copartnership, to be carried on for their joint profit, in the name of H. Carpenter & Co., which went into operation the 1st August, 1832, to continue during their joint pleasure according to the articles exhibited…
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On appeal from the superior court of chancery. Hon. Robert H. Buckner, judge. The Bank of Port Gibson filed their bill against John M, Carpenter and others, in which they state that on the 1st June, 1832, Horace and John Carpenter formed a planting and mercantile copartnership, to be carried on for their joint profit, in the name of H. Carpenter & Co., which went into operation the 1st August, 1832, to continue during their joint pleasure according to the articles exhibited with the bill. That they carried on the partnership until the death of Horace Carpenter on the 27th April, 1836, in a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thacher
The bill in this suit was dismissed in the superior court of chancery, upon the demurrer of the appellees. The bill charges that in 1832, Horace and John M. Carpenter formed a commercial and agricultural copartnership, under the name and style of H. Carpenter & Co., which was to continue during their pleasure; that the copartnership continued until April 27, 1836, at which time Horace Carpenter deceased; that, after his death, the copartnership was carried on by John M. Carpenter, as surviving partner, for the purpose of liquidating and settling the business of the firm, which was then…
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