Fowle v. Lawrason's
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. James Lawrason, the testator of the appellee, filed a bill in the circuit court of Alexandria, against the appellant, William Fowle, as surviving partner of Thomas Lawrason, who had died intestate, and who, with William Fowle, had carried on business under the firm of Lawrason & Fowle. After the decease of James Lawrason, the suit was prosecuted by his executor.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. James Lawrason, the testator of the appellee, filed a bill in the circuit court of Alexandria, against the appellant, William Fowle, as surviving partner of Thomas Lawrason, who had died intestate, and who, with William Fowle, had carried on business under the firm of Lawrason & Fowle. After the decease of James Lawrason, the suit was prosecuted by his executor. The bill charged, that the complainant, James Lawrason, being seised of one moiety of a wharf and warehouse, in the town of Alexandria,.’ and liis son, Thomas Lawrason, of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. — James Lawrason. in his lifetime, filed his bill in the circuit court of the United States, sitting in chancery, for the county of Alexandria, stating, that being seised of a warehouse and one moiety of a wharf, in the town of Alexandria, of which his son, Thomas Lawrason was seised of the other moiety, he agreed to rent the premises to Lawrason & Fowle, a commercial house in the said town, of which the defendant, William Fowle, is the surviving partner ; the said Lawrason & Fowle entered into the premises under the contract, and retained…
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