Doncourt v. Denton

The fair preponderance of the evidence establishes the fact of a partnership between plaintiff’s testator and the defendant, for the purpose of clearing up woodland in Hempstead and Douglaston and selling the timber. There was an agreement" in writing for sharing profits and losses equally. The defendant contributed the money necessary, in the first instance. Two parcels of land, the Berry and Douglas tracts, were purchased outright, title being taken in defendant’s name. As to these two parcels, it was provided that, after repayment of all advances made by defendant, any of the land…