Thornton v. McNeill
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the northern district vice-chancery court at Holly Springs ; Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The bill charges, that complainant and defendant, in the year 1836, purchased land and negroes, for the purpose of carrying on a farm, in copartnership; that the purchase was made at the sum of $22,000; that the parties' executed their four several bonds, at one, two, three, and four years, for $5500 each, and executed a mortgage on the property purchased to…
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On appeal from the northern district vice-chancery court at Holly Springs ; Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The bill charges, that complainant and defendant, in the year 1836, purchased land and negroes, for the purpose of carrying on a farm, in copartnership; that the purchase was made at the sum of $22,000; that the parties' executed their four several bonds, at one, two, three, and four years, for $5500 each, and executed a mortgage on the property purchased to secure the payments, as they fell due ; that the farm was carried on for two years, the partnership dissolved first year,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
In 1836, the complainant and defendant became copartners in a certain plantation and slaves. About the close of the year 1837, the parties disagreeing, dissolved the copartnership, and made, through the instrumentality of a mutual friend, what was supposed to be a final settlement of all matters of dispute growing out of the copartnership. It is now insisted on the part of the defendant below, that this settlement constitutes a bar to the relief sought by the complainant. While this position may be correct as a general rule, it cannot be considered sufficient to protect a party in rights…
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