Legal Opinion

Jackson v. Crapp

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1869PublishedCited by 9 opinions

APPEAL from the Tippecanoe Circuit Court. This was a suit by the appellee against the appellant Alvernus Jackson, on articles of partnership, Prances E. Jackson, wife of Alvernus, being made a party for the purpose of divesting her title to certain real estate alleged to have been purchased with partnership funds.

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APPEAL from the Tippecanoe Circuit Court. This was a suit by the appellee against the appellant Alvernus Jackson, on articles of partnership, Prances E. Jackson, wife of Alvernus, being made a party for the purpose of divesting her title to certain real estate alleged to have been purchased with partnership funds. The issues having been formed, the court, by agreement of the parties, referred the cause to a special master in chancery, who reported, in substance, that on the 18th of November, 1865, Crapp, Wortman, and Jackson entered into a copartnership in the house-carpentering,…

1Opinion of the CourtPrazer, C. J.

This was a suit by one partner against another. Issues were so formed that the principal inquiry involved was, what were the respective shares of the parties in the capital stock of the copartnership, one having put in five thousand five hundred dollars, the other fifteen hundred dollars, and the business having resulted in loss. Matters of account were also in issue.

The transcript informs us, that, “ by agreement of parties, the court refers this cause and all matters in issue under the pleadings herein to Henry P. Blogett, whom the court appoints a special master in chancery in this behalf,…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Williams v. Hutton & Bourbonnais Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  2. Smiley v. Smiley's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
  3. Newman v. NewmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
  4. Smith v. HazeltonIndiana Supreme Court · 1870
  5. Torpey v. City of IndependenceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1887

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