State ex rel. Nicholson v. Superior Court
State ex rel. Nicholson v. Superior Court
Opinion of the Court
This is an original application to this court for a writ of mandamus. On or about December 16, 1912, the relator here brought an action against one T. T. Kilbury, as the administrator of the estate of Emma J. Kilbury, deceased. The purpose of this action was to establish the fact that a partnership relation existed between the plaintiff
After the remittitur had been filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court, the plaintiff presented to the trial judge a form of judgment. By this proposed judgment, the partnership relation was established, the property was described, the administrator of the estate of Emma J. Kilbury, deceased, was required to convey an undivided one-half interest in the property to the plaintiff, and also provided that the administrator should pay to the plaintiff the sum of $3,900. This sum is claimed to be one-half of the net proceeds from a sale by the administrator of certain of the property of the partnership. The trial court declined to sign the judgment in the form indicated. The court was willing to sign a judgment adjudicating the fact of the partnership relation, and describing the property, but was unwilling to sign a judgment which required the administrator to convey to the plaintiff one-half of the partnership estate and render a money judgment against the administrator for the sum mentioned. The present application was made for the purpose of requiring the trial judge to sign the judgment in the form presented.
The question here presented is whether the plaintiff had a right to a judgment directing the conveyance of one-half of the partnership estate and providing for a money judgment against the administrator for the sum of $3,900. When the
The writ will be denied.
Morris, C. J., Ellis, Fullerton, and Crow, JJ., concur.
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