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49 Mass. 454

Robinson v. Williams

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 15, 1844

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1844-10-15

This was an action of assumpsit, commenced in April 1842, to recover one eighth part of the profits of the fishery, in 1837, at the Shad Hole, so called, in Raynham.

Decided 1844-10-15

Shaw, C. J.

¶1We must judge of the relation in which the defendant stood to the plaintiff, not by the names given to him, “agent, treasurer and clerk,” but by the actual relation, as stated by the facts. We understand that it is found by the jury, that the four persons named in the judge’s report were proprietors of the fishery, that is, partners; that one received the money and kept the accounts; that the accounts were settled, and the balance struck ; and that thus the defendant became debtor to the plaintiff, for his share in money. No *456duty remained but to pay the money. It was a debt; and the seepe requisitas was sufficient, without a special demand.

¶2Exceptions overruled.

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