Gilliam v. . Willey

The hill is filed for an account of a fishing co-partnership, entered into between the testator of the plaintiff, and the intestate of the defendant. The intestate died in 1842; the defendant administered upon his estate, .at May Term, 1842, of Gates County Court, and the hill was filed at Spring Term, in 1847. In his answer, the defendant states, that “more than two years elapsed, from the time of his qualification as administrator of the said Jethro SUilley, and .advertising as aforesaid, before the plaintiff 'brought his suit, and he therefore prays the benefit of the .act of Assembly…