Mitchel v. M'Millan

delivered the opinion of the Court. . . , .. . ... The petition states the detendant to be mdebt-ed to the plaintiff for the balance of an account cun-eut, between the partieb, which is annexed.

The answer admits the debt stated, but avers that on the; days of the dates of the first and last items of the account and during the whole intermediate time, the defendant was a copartner in trade, with James Sloan, of Liverpool, in Great Britain, and established at Charleston, S. C. as a branch of the house 'of Sioane &. M’Millan, of Liverpool, as the plaintiff at the time well knew ; and that…