Case No. 3,891.

DICK et al. v. LAIRD.

[4 Cranch, C. C. 667.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

Nov. Term, 1835.

RECEIVERS FOR PARTNERSHIP—CREDITOR'S BILL.

Upon a creditor's bill against the surviving partner of a mercantile firm, a receiver may be appointed.

This was a bill in equity by creditors against the surviving partner of the firm of John Laird & Son, for a settlement of the partnership accounts, &c, and for the appointment of a receiver.

The counsel for the plaintiffs cited Blood good v. Clark, 4 Paige, 576; Vann v. Barnett, 2 Brown, Ch. 158; Creuze v. Bishop of London, Id. 253; Philips v. Atkinson, Id. 272; Jenkins v. Jenkins, 1 Paige, 243; Osborn v. Heyer, 2 Paige, 342; Harding v. Glover, 18 Ves. 281.

The answer admitted all the material facts of the bill.

THE COURT (nem. con.) ordered a receiver to be appointed, and to give security in the sum of $10,000.

[NOTE. For decision on the merits of this case, see Case No. 3,892.]

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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