Supreme Court of Alabama June 15, 1875 (Mathews v. Sheldon)

MANNING, J.

In this case it is conclusively proved, that the house and lot in controversy and the improvements thereon were paid for by Mr. Sheldon out of the moneys of the firm of Parker, Lake & Co., of which he, at the time of the purchase, was book-keeper, under an agreement that in five or six weeks he should become, as he did, a partner in it.