Taylor v. . Taylor

The answer of the defendants admitted that complainant proposed to them that they should become bound at the custom-house for the duties upon the cargoes of the vessels, and that he and they should jointly purchase at the sale of the wrecked property, and equally divide the profits arising therefrom; but they denied that they acceded to the proposition of an equal concern and division of profits in whatever purchases might be made beyond the sum of duties secured. They admitted that to the amount of the duties complainant was to be entitled to an equal share of the profits but alleged that in…