Sladen, Fakes & Co. v. Lance
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Ferguson, J., May'Term, 1909, of BttNCOMBe. Tbe defendant M. E. Jones alone was served witb summons, and defended tbe action. Tbe plaintiffs sued to recover a balance of $292.22 and interest for tbe value of tbe goods sold and delivered to tbe partnership of J. G-. Lance & Co., tbe company being tbe defendant, Mrs. M. E. Jones. Tbe goods were sold on tbe strength of Mrs. Jones’ connection as a partner.
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Appeal from Ferguson, J., May'Term, 1909, of BttNCOMBe. Tbe defendant M. E. Jones alone was served witb summons, and defended tbe action. Tbe plaintiffs sued to recover a balance of $292.22 and interest for tbe value of tbe goods sold and delivered to tbe partnership of J. G-. Lance & Co., tbe company being tbe defendant, Mrs. M. E. Jones. Tbe goods were sold on tbe strength of Mrs. Jones’ connection as a partner. The defense was rested upon allegations that tbe partnership agreement, being verbal, provided that Lance, who was tbe active partner in tbe entire management of tbe business,…
1Opinion of the Court
MANNING, J.,
after stating the case: The principal question presented by this appeal is the correctness of his Honor’s refusal to instruct the jury, upon the evidence, to return a verdict for the plaintiffs, for the reasons that the defense pleaded was not good, and that it was unsupported by any sufficient evidence, in view of the written admissions of the defendant at the trial. We are against the plaintiffs upon both propositions. It is undoubtedly a generally accepted doctrine that “Whatever, as between the partners themselves, may be the limits set to each other’s authority, every person…
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