Francis v. Dickel & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Husband and Wife., Parties. Partnership. Verdict. Before Judge CLARK. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
This suit was brought by George A. Dickel & Company against Thomas Francis and his wife, Mrs. Thomas Francis, as partners, doing business under the firm name of Thomas Francis, for the recovery of a bill of merchandise. Mrs. Francis filed pleas of the general issue, no partnership, and that she was a feme covert, being the wife of Thomas Francis.
Upon these pleas the parties went to trial, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs against Mrs. Thomas Francis for the amount of the debt sued.
The legal effect of the verdict was to find that she was not a partner of Thomas…
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