Coward
Coward v. Clanton
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Temple, J.
This is an action for an accounting. It is averred in the complaint that plaintiff and defendant, in 1882, formed a partnership for the purchase and sale of real es It is averred that in December, 1882, defendant purchased with his own funds a tract of land called the Harlan tract, containing one hundred and sixty acres, which the parties subsequently caused to be divided into five acre tracts, and all of which plaintiff has negotiated and sold at a profit of $4,156.50. It is charged that defendant has received to his own use all the proceeds of the sale, including the purchase price and interest stipulated, the costs and expense of sale, and retains $2,-312.51 profits in excess of his share, and that plaintiff has…