Van Stee v. Ransford

Here we have joint adventurers. One of them, it is asserted, has retained unto himself large profits. The aid of the chancellor is invoked, that he disgorge. It was so decreed. The consolidated case is before us on assignments of error, 21 in number. They reduce, in substance, to one proposition, that “the record does not support the findings and conclusions of the lower court in regard to any liability on the part of” the defendants.

We turn, hence, to the record. It is extensive, comprising over 400 pages of pleadings, testimony, and exhibits. It appears therefrom that the parties were…