Brew v. Hastings
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Centre Co., April T., 1901, No. 2, dismissing bill in equity in case of George T. Brew, Administrator of George W. Jackson, Deceased, v. Daniel H. Hastings et al., trading as Jackson, Hastings & Company. Bill in equity for an account. Love, P. J., filed the following opinion: The plaintiff filed his bill, alleging the formation of the partnership of Jackson, Hasting & Company, August 31,1897, between Geo.
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Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Centre Co., April T., 1901, No. 2, dismissing bill in equity in case of George T. Brew, Administrator of George W. Jackson, Deceased, v. Daniel H. Hastings et al., trading as Jackson, Hastings & Company. Bill in equity for an account. Love, P. J., filed the following opinion: The plaintiff filed his bill, alleging the formation of the partnership of Jackson, Hasting & Company, August 31,1897, between Geo. W. Jackson, Daniel II. Hastings, J. Henry Cochrane and Henry C. McCormick. That the capital stock was $50,000, of which sum…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
In the case of Brew v. Hastings et al., 196 Pa. 222, we decided that the partnership agreement between the parties of September 1, 1897, was a valid one equally binding upon all and that their rights and remedies against each other must be defined and restricted by its terms. That suit was brought in 1899, the one before us in March, 1901. We did not hold in the former, nor do we hold in this case, that defendants are not accountable; we do hold, that under the agreement the suits for an account now are premature and the decree of the learned judg’e of the court below is to that…
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