Jones v. . Jones
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a bill transferred from Johnston Court of Equity to the Supreme Court at Spring Term, 1841. The facts as appearing on the pleadings, proofs and exceptions tq the master’s report are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, C. J.
The bill alleges, that in September, 1836, the plaintiff’s intestate and the defendant formed a co-partnership to purchase and sell slaves on speculation, on the following terms: Hardy Jones was to advance the sum of $3350, and the defendant one third part as much, as capital; and tbe defendant was to invest the same and carry the slaves to the south-west for sale, pay all expenses out of his own et, and divide the profits equally between the parties; that, accordingly, Hardy Jones advanced the said sum, and that the defendant purchased slaves on the joint account and sold them in Alabama and…
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