Simmons v. Jacobs
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions from JSTi$i Prius, Appleton, C. J., presiding. Bill in Equity. The bill alleged substantially : — That the complainants, in 1854, constructed the hull and' spars of the brig Crimea; that they sold eleven-sixteenths, in the proportion enumerated — embracing therein one-fourth, to Hiram Robinson — to the respondents ; that, in the fall of 1854, they fitted out said vessel with the necessary sails, rigging, &e., and caused her to be enrolled on the 15th of…
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On Exceptions from JSTi$i Prius, Appleton, C. J., presiding. Bill in Equity. The bill alleged substantially : — That the complainants, in 1854, constructed the hull and' spars of the brig Crimea; that they sold eleven-sixteenths, in the proportion enumerated — embracing therein one-fourth, to Hiram Robinson — to the respondents ; that, in the fall of 1854, they fitted out said vessel with the necessary sails, rigging, &e., and caused her to be enrolled on the 15th of November of the same year; that, on the next day, the said Robinson, being indebted to the complainants in the sum of $1300,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn by
Cutting, J.
This case is presented on exceptions to the rulings of the Judge at JSTisi Prius, accepting the master’s report, acting under certain decretal orders of this Court, " by which it was ordered, adjudged and decreed that the master be required to inquire and report the amount due to the complainants, with just and equitable interest thereon ; and that, for the better taking the account, the master require the production of books, papers and writings in the custody or power of the parties relating thereto, under oath, and examine the parties thereto…
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