Brydie v. Miller
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia
[In equity. Bill by the executor of Alexander Brydie against Miller, Hart & Co. and William Brown & Co. for a resettlement of partnership accounts.
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[In equity. Bill by the executor of Alexander Brydie against Miller, Hart & Co. and William Brown & Co. for a resettlement of partnership accounts. On the 13th day of June, 1796, James R. Miller, Patrick Hart, and William M’Clure, constituting the firm of Miller, Hart & Co., of the city of London, entered into partnership, with Alexander Brydie, of the city of Richmond, Virginia By the articles of copart-nery, it was stipulated, that the new firm should be established in Richmond, and transact business under the style of M’Clure, Brydie & Co.; that the firm should continue four years, from…
1Opinion of the Court
MARSHALL, Circuit Justice.
The object of this suit is to open an account which was settled between the parties, in the life time of the testator of the plaintiff, and to have a re-settlement of all the transactions of M’Clure, Brydie & Co.
It is the right of every individual to exercise his own judgment on his own affairs, and to arrange them in such a manner as his own will may dictate. Where this arrangement is made under the fair exercise of judgment, without imposition, and with a requisite knowledge of the subject, it is certainly conclusive, unless the arrangement be in its nature…
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