Scudder v. Ames
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Couzrt. — Hon. D. D. Eisher, Judge. (1) The partnership estate having received from Edgar Ames during his lifetime, on account of the partnership assets at Yicksburg on August 14, 1866, the sum of $39,523.61, such sum should be deducted from whatever amount is found to have been realized from the assets, and the administratrix should be required to account for and pay to the partnership estate only the balance remaining of the amount so…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Couzrt. — Hon. D. D. Eisher, Judge. (1) The partnership estate having received from Edgar Ames during his lifetime, on account of the partnership assets at Yicksburg on August 14, 1866, the sum of $39,523.61, such sum should be deducted from whatever amount is found to have been realized from the assets, and the administratrix should be required to account for and pay to the partnership estate only the balance remaining of the amount so realized after such deduction is made. (2) The administratrix is entitled to have the sum of $833.33 deducted from the…
1Opinion of the CourtBeace, J.
On the fourteenth day of August, 1866, Henry Ames died, leaving a will by which his brother, Edgar Ames, was made executor; and in the event of his death, John A. and William H. Seudder were to become executors thereof. For many years prior thereto, the brothers, Henry and Edgar Ames, as equal partners, had been engaged in the pork packing and commission business in the city of St. Louis. The profits of their business were not divided, but invested in real estate, stocks, bonds and ventures of various kinds, all going into the partnership account. Among these ventures was that of buying…
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