Matthews v. Adams
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Washington County (Stake, J.) The cause was argued at the October Term, 1895, before Robinson, C. J., Bryan, McSherry and Briscoe, JJ., by Alexander Armstrong and James P. Matthews (with whom was Norman B. Scott, Jr., on the brief), for the appellant, and Fred. F. McComas, for the appellee.
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Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Washington County (Stake, J.) The cause was argued at the October Term, 1895, before Robinson, C. J., Bryan, McSherry and Briscoe, JJ., by Alexander Armstrong and James P. Matthews (with whom was Norman B. Scott, Jr., on the brief), for the appellant, and Fred. F. McComas, for the appellee. After the decision of the cause on January 8th, 1896, a motion asking for a re-argument was made, and a re-argument on notes to be filed at the April Term was ordered.
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
The appellant and appellee were owners and partners in the publication of a weekly newspaper called the “ Herald and Torchlight,” at Hagerstown, Maryland. There were no written articles of partnership, but at the time of the purchase of the property and business for $7,025, each partner contributed the sum of $1,512.50 in cash and *144raised the residue by a mortgage on the property purchased. The profits and losses in the business they were to share equally. Shortly after the purchase of the paper in 1885, the appellant being in the employment of the United States Government as Special Examiner…
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