Petrel Guano Co. v. Jarnette

This is a suit in equity, brought by partners resident in New York against a member of the firm resident in North Carolina, to recover partnership assets; and the main subject of the controversy has been the disposition of three cargoes of guano shipped by the defendant Jarnette from the island of Eoncados in the Caribbean sea to Wilmington. Jarnette was the agent of the copartnership, as well as a member of the firm, and was in charge of the partnership operations on the island of Eoncados. The plaintiffs furnished the money capital, agreed to send shipping to Eoncados for *676the guano, and…