Dorsey v. Dashiell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Somerset county court. The plaintiff and defendant were parties in trade, and having determined to dissolve the partnership, entered into articles of agreement, bearing date the 6th January 1836. The agreement on the part of the defendant below, (Dorsey,) set forth in the declaration, is in these words: “And the said William Dorsey on his part and behalf, did covenant and agree to and with the said Theodore G. Dashiell, that he, the said William Dorsey, would…
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Appeal from Somerset county court. The plaintiff and defendant were parties in trade, and having determined to dissolve the partnership, entered into articles of agreement, bearing date the 6th January 1836. The agreement on the part of the defendant below, (Dorsey,) set forth in the declaration, is in these words: “And the said William Dorsey on his part and behalf, did covenant and agree to and with the said Theodore G. Dashiell, that he, the said William Dorsey, would release the said Theodore G. Dashiell, his heirs and assigns, of and from all, and all manner of debts due, liabilities and…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
The plaintiff and defendant being partners in a mercantile house, mutually agreed to dissolve the partnership; and on the sixth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entered into articles of agreement, under seal, upon the subject. From which it appears that Dashiell sold and transferred his share, or half of the goods on hand, and of the debts and claims due the firm, to Dorsey. And Dorsey covenanted that he would release Dashiell from all the debts of the concern.
The writ was issued on the fourteenth of May 1850.
The nar alleges, that on the 27th of May 1839, the appellee paid…
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