Adams v. Hubbard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, Jan. T., 1908,-by-plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 543, on bill in equity in case of John Quincy Adams v. George L. Hubbard et al., surviving partners of the firm now or late trading as George K. Hubbard & Company, and Dilworth P. Hibberd, Administrator, substituted in place of George L. Hubbard. Bill in equity for an accounting of partnership assets.
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Appeal, No. 5, Jan. T., 1908,-by-plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 543, on bill in equity in case of John Quincy Adams v. George L. Hubbard et al., surviving partners of the firm now or late trading as George K. Hubbard & Company, and Dilworth P. Hibberd, Administrator, substituted in place of George L. Hubbard. Bill in equity for an accounting of partnership assets. The opinion of Audenrieu, J., was in part as follows: The partners were George K. Hubbard, who had a five-eighths interest in the business, and John Quincy Adams, whose interest was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The firm of George K. Hubbard & Company, which was composed of George K. Hubbard, J. Quincy Adams and Edwin Halpen, was organized June 1, 1876, for the purpose of carrying on a wholesale grocery business in the city of Philadelphia. On June 1, 1883, Halpen retired from the firm, having assigned his interest to his copartners, and Hubbard and Adams continued the business under the same partnership name until 1892. Hubbard owned a five-eighths interest in the firm, and Adams a three-eighths interest. On November 30, 1892, the partnership was dissolved by mutual…
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