Geddes's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Union county: In Equity: Of January Term 1875, No. 121. On the 30th of March 1870, Samuel Geddes filed a bill against James S. Marsh, Peter Beaver, Levi Rooke and Thomas Beaver; the bill sets out:— 1. On the 6th of April 1854, the plaintiff, with James S. Marsh, Frederick Marsh (since deceased) and Joseph W. Shriner, trading as Geddes, Marsh & Co., owned Union Furnace, its stock, &c.; also ore leases, &c., personal property, book…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Union county: In Equity: Of January Term 1875, No. 121. On the 30th of March 1870, Samuel Geddes filed a bill against James S. Marsh, Peter Beaver, Levi Rooke and Thomas Beaver; the bill sets out:— 1. On the 6th of April 1854, the plaintiff, with James S. Marsh, Frederick Marsh (since deceased) and Joseph W. Shriner, trading as Geddes, Marsh & Co., owned Union Furnace, its stock, &c.; also ore leases, &c., personal property, book accounts, &c. 2. On that day, by articles of agreement, the firm admitted into partnership Thomas Beaver, Peter Beaver and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The appellant and Joseph W. Shriner, the appellant in Shriner’s Appeal, argued with this case, were part-owners of the Union Furnace. The furnace was erected in 1853, and from that time down to the 1st of April 1864 was operated and owned by firms of which Geddes and Shriner were members. On the 1st of April *4591864 a sale was made by Geddes and Shriner of their interest in said furnace to Thomas Beaver, for the sum of $25,775.51. Shriner was paid $2000 extra; so that the whole amount of the purchase-money was $27,775.51. Six years, lacking a few days, after this sale, Geddes and Shriner…
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