Evans v. Watts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 348, Jan. T., 1898, by-plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Pbila. Co., March T., 1898, No. 674, dismissing bill in equity. Bill, in equity for an accounting. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Gbeen,
The articles of agreement in this case were executed on May 7, 1894, and provided for the creation of a partnership between the parties, to continue for the period of five years and six months from the first day of January, 1894. The partnership, therefore, would continue under the agreement until the first day of July, 1899. The articles contained a provision that, in case of the death of a partner during the term, his executors or administrators might elect that the business should continue during the term for the benefit of the persons entitled under the…
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