Richmond v. Marston

Suit in chancery, instituted in January, 1851, hy Nelson E. Marston against Danforth Richmond, Clarissa Richmond., his wife, Jared Brook and Eliakim Briggs. During the pendency of the suit, Marston died, and the action was revived in the name of Phebe Marston, his widow, and Nelson and Charles Marston, his heirs at law. The hill charges, inter alia, as follows : In August, 1847, Dan-forth Richmond owned, in fee, a flouring mill and warehouse, situate in St. Joseph county; and on the 25th of that month he and Nelson E. Marston, by written contract, became partners in selling store-goods and in…