Luke Norriss seeks "a Just and Fair account" from the administrators of the estate of the late John Ricks Sr. Norris recounts that he and the said Ricks "entered into Co-partnership" in 1807 to "Farm and Crop together" on Ricks' plantation. He asserts that they agreed that he "should Oversee and manage all the Hands, Plantation, Horses and Stock in and upon the said Plantation and in consideration of such Services to have and Receive one Third part of the whole Crop so to be made;" it was agreed that Ricks would provide "your orator Six Negro Slaves (three of Whom were very inferior hands)" as well as all the necessary provisions for which he would receive "Two Thirds of the Whole Crop so to be made." Norriss maintains that he "did perform on his part of said agreement" in 1808, but he charges that Ricks did not supply "the necessary Provisions for the support of the said Negro Slaves" and did not fulfill his other obligations. The petitioner reports that said Ricks Sr. has died and that his administrators have recovered "a Judgment at Law against your Orator." Arguing that they have failed to satisfy the terms of his agreement with Ricks Sr., the petitioner prays that they "be Decreed to Come to a Just and Fair account with your orator and that your Orator's Accounts and Demands may go in discharge of the said Judgment and that they may pay to your orator what upon said account shall appear to be due to him."
Result: Granted pro confesso.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
