Hunt v. Gorden
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Pontotoc County. Hon. AustiN Pollard, Chancellor. The opinion of the- court contains a sufficient statement of the case. Errors are assigned as follows : 1. The decree of the court is entirely unsupported by the evidence in the cause. 2. There should have been a decree for an account.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Pontotoc County. Hon. AustiN Pollard, Chancellor. The opinion of the- court contains a sufficient statement of the case. Errors are assigned as follows : 1. The decree of the court is entirely unsupported by the evidence in the cause. 2. There should have been a decree for an account. Filed a written argument on the facts of the case, and insisted that the proof sustained the allegations of the bill, and showed that the complainant was entitled to the relief sought, and there should have been an account taken. Filed an argument on the facts in the case,…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, C. J.
Hunt and Gorden formed a partnership to carry on a plantation in Coahoma county, in the year 1860, on joint account. The terms were reduced to writing, and so far as they bear upon this suit are, substantially, that each party was to furnish twelve hands, the needed number of work-stock and implements of husbandry, to be employed in the cultivation of Gorden’s plantation, which should bo under the control and management of Hunt, each to bear an equal portion of the expenses incident to the business ; the crop made to be equally divided, with the understanding that Hunt may, if he chooses, “…
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