Legal Opinion

Palmer v. Palmer

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1856PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Before T. R. Strong, Welles and Smith, Justices. Appeal from a judgment rendered upon the report of a referee. The facts, so far as they are essential to show the points decided, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

By the court—E. Darwin Smith, Justice.

The chief ground upon which the defendants apply for the reversal of the judgment in this case, and for a new trial, is, that the referee determined the liability of the defendants to account, and then proceeded to take the account without requiring the defendants to bring in their accounts in the form of debtor and creditor,, under the 107th rule of the old court of chancery, and in conformity with the practice in chancery in cases of accounting. *364The complaint is in the form of a bill in equity in cases of partnership, and prays for an account. The…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Druse v. HorterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Murphy v. PattersonMontana Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Hathaway v. RussellThe Superior Court of New York City · 1879
  4. Niebuhr v. SchreyerNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1888
  5. Dowd v. A. S. Hughes' Sons Towing & Transportation Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918

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