Price v. Hicks
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from tho Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit,, for Leon County. Hicks, complainant, commencedkis suit in 1869, in equity,, against Jolin W. Price, administrator, and Elizabeth Oí.
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Appeal from tho Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit,, for Leon County. Hicks, complainant, commencedkis suit in 1869, in equity,, against Jolin W. Price, administrator, and Elizabeth Oí. Price, administratrix of the estate of Henry B. Pitts, deceased, and against the infant children of the deceased, aneb alleged in his bill that in 1863 complainant was a- slave of one Alston; that with the consent of his owner he formed r,* partnership with Henry B. Pitts in the business of blacksmithing at Tallahassee, which continued for about oiieyear;„ during which they earned large sums of money,…
1Opinion of the CourtRandall, C. J.
It is objected on the part of the respondent that the court will not go behind the report of the referee in this case, because no proper exceptions were taken thereto. While it is true that as a general rule where no exceptions are taken to the report of a master, no exceptions will be allovred in’ the Supreme Court, the rule can hardly be made to apply here. This was a reference under the provisions of the Code, *577not for the purposes of a trial by the referee, but for the information of the court, to take and state an account of the partnership transactions, and of the partnership property,…
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