Pitkin v. Pitkin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of debt on an award of arbitrators for the sum of 301 dollars, 26 cents, in favour of Joseph Pitkin and Edward Pitkin.
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This was an action of debt on an award of arbitrators for the sum of 301 dollars, 26 cents, in favour of Joseph Pitkin and Edward Pitkin. The defendant pleaded, that the plaintiff was indebted to him in the sum of 361 dollars, 24 cents, with interest; for that Stephen Pitkin, when living, was indebted to that amount to Samuel Pitkin, and the plaintiff, and the defendant, as surviving partners of the late firm of Elisha Pitkin & Co.; and the arbitrators, to whom all subjects of difference between the respective parties, were submitted, in adjusting the accounts of said partnership, transferred…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The facts are briefly these. Samuel, Joseph and Edward Pitkin, surviving partners of Elisha Pitkin & Co., submitted their accounts to arbitration. An award is made against Edward, the defendant, upon which this suit is brought. The defendant claims, that Stephen Pitkin owes Elisha Pitkin & Co. a debt, which, by the arbitrators, by consent of all persons interested, was set to him, the defendant; that the plaintiff is executor of Stephen; has administered; has assets; has procured an order of distribution; and that this debt is to be considered as due from him, and not from the estate of…
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