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Chappedelaine, Residuary Legatee, and Closrivierre, Adm'r d bonis non, against Dechenaux, Executor of Dumoussay, Defendant U.S. 306 (1808)

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CHAPPEDELAINE, Residuary Legitee,') Of CliArPauw
AND                  >.   LAtNE
CLOSRIVIERRE, Adm'r de boijs non,. Complainants)
against
DECHIENAUX, Executor of Dum IosSAY, Defendant.

If ani account  ERROR to the circuit court for the district of Geor-
stated beplea- gia, in a suit in equity,
ded in bar to
a bill in .equi-
ty, such plea  The bill states that the complainants' testator and the
wvill be sus- defendant's testator, together with three others, viz.
tained, except Boisfeillet, Du Bi gnon, and GrandClosmesle, became joint
SO far as the
complainant  purchasers of the islands of Sapelo, Blackbeard, 7eAV111
shall show it and ha/f of St. Catharine, on the coast of Georgia;
to be errone- that Dumoussay was the actiihg partner, and kept all th,
arts        accounts, &c. That an account was stated and Vigned
by' the two testators, Chappedelaine and Dtmoussay,
on the, 30th of April, 1792, by which the former ac-
knowledged a balance of 6671. 10s. 1 3-4d. due to the
latter ; but that the account was erroneous in sundry
items particularly set forth in the bill ; that there were
sundry debits which had accrued since that settlement,
and that Chappedelaine had been olliged by a suit in
equity to refund to Boisfeillet a large sum which
Durnoussay bad overcharged him. That Dechenaux
was the executor of the estate of Chappedelaine as well
as of Dumoussay, and as executor of Chappedelaine
had defended the suit of Boisfeillet.  The bill con-
tains a prayer that the defendant may account touch-
ing all monies due on rectifying the errors ; and for all
other sums due by Dumoussay in his life-time, not
credited nor accounted for, or which have come to the
hands of the defendant, and that he pay over sfich ba.
lance as shall appear on settlement of all accounts, and
for general relief. The defendant pleaded the settled
account in bar of so much of the'bill as sought to open
the account, and by answer denied all fraud and error.

CqAPPZDE-
LAINE ANlD
ANOTHER
V.
DECHENAUX.

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