M'Culloh v. Dashiell's Adm'r
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Somerset County Court, sitting as a court of equity. In this case the bill of the complainant, (now appellant,) stated, and the p trties admitted, that in 1817 Peter Da~ shiell and Richard Bennett were partners in trade, dealing in merchandise, under the firm of Dashiell and Bennett.
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Appeal from Somerset County Court, sitting as a court of equity. In this case the bill of the complainant, (now appellant,) stated, and the p trties admitted, that in 1817 Peter Da~ shiell and Richard Bennett were partners in trade, dealing in merchandise, under the firm of Dashiell and Bennett. That Chase and Tilyard, being indebted to the complainant, drew a bill of exchange on Dashiell and Bennett, directing them to pay to the order of the complainanl $700, which was accepted by Dashiell and Bennett. That the complainant in the year 1818 instituted a suit at law against Dashiell and…
1Opinion of the CourtArcher, J.
The bill filed in this cause states that a bill of exchange was on the ISth of August 1817, drawn by the firm of Chase and Tilyard upon Dashieli and Bennett, co-partners in trade, for the sum of $700, in favour of the complainant, and that it was by the drawees duly accepted; that a suit was instituted against Dashieli and Bennett upon the said acceptance by the complainant; that pending the action in Somerset county court, the intestate of the defendant, and one of the firm of Dashieli and Bennett died, and judgment was obtained against Bennett the surviving partner. That Bennett applied for…
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