Lawrence v. Rokes
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Bill IN equity to obtain an adjustment of partnership accounts. First heard on demurrer; see 53 Maine, 110. Subsequently all the defendants appeared, and all but Rokes allowed the bill to be taken fro confesso. He filed his answer, and the cause was heard on bill, answer, and replication. The facts are stated in the opinion. submitted to the bill, filing no answer.
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
The complainant’s bill in equity, commenced Feb. 5, 1864, alleges that he, with Emerson Rokes, of Rockland, in this State, Alexander Libbey, 2d, of the State of Virginia, Sanford Williams, of Boston, Massachusetts, and Bradford Oliyer, of the State of New Jersey, in 1856, commenced the business of purchasing and cutting timber and lumber in Virginia, and shipping the same to market and disposing of it upon joint account, which business they continued until the fall of 1858, shipping and selling large quantities of timber and lumber, in which and the proceeds thereof they had an interest in…
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