Sloan v. Moore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an appeal, by Mortimer M. Moore, from the decision of the Common Pleas of Erie county, appointing a receiver of the assets of M. M. Moore and B. E. Sloan, late partners, doing business as Sloan & Moore, and enjoining said Moore from interfering therewith.
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This was an appeal, by Mortimer M. Moore, from the decision of the Common Pleas of Erie county, appointing a receiver of the assets of M. M. Moore and B. E. Sloan, late partners, doing business as Sloan & Moore, and enjoining said Moore from interfering therewith. Sloan & Moore were equal copartners in the ownership and publication of “The Erie Observer,” a weekly newspaper, under an agreement to continue as partners till January 1st 1859. • On the 18th of December 1858, Sloan filed in the Common Pleas a bill in equity against Moore, alleging that they were unable to agree on a proper mode of…
1Opinion of the Court
Tke opinion of tke court was delivered, ky
Strong, J.
— By the Act of Assembly of June 16th 1836, tke jurisdiction and powers of a Court of Ckancery were conferred upon the several Courts of Common Pleas within tkis Commonwealth, so far as relates to tke supervision and control of partnerships. And ky tke Act of October 13th 1840, all tke powers of a Court of Ckancery, in settling partnerskip accounts, were given to the same courts. Tke jurisdiction and powers of a Court of Ckancery, it is not denied, are ample to warrant tke appointment of a receiver of partnership property, and tke issue of…
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