Stevens v. Faucet
Illinois Supreme Court
The defendants in error, Frederick Faucet, Samuel Isham and Thomas Faucet, filed in the Cook County Court of Common Pleas, their declaration, wherein they complain of Walter S. Stevens and Fletcher Stevens, defendants.
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The defendants in error, Frederick Faucet, Samuel Isham and Thomas Faucet, filed in the Cook County Court of Common Pleas, their declaration, wherein they complain of Walter S. Stevens and Fletcher Stevens, defendants. For that, on the 10th January, 1857, they were possessed, as of their own property, of 9,000 sides of hemlock-tanned sole leather, of the value of $20,000 ; that they came to the possession of the defendants by finding, and that the defendants, well knowing, etc., on the day and year aforesaid, converted the same to their own use. Nolle 'prosequi entered to defendant, Walter S.…
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, C. J.
The decision of this case depends entirely upon the determination of the question, whether, as between themselves, the firms of Stevens & Co., and Faucet & Co., were partners in the purchase and tanning of these hides, and the sale of this leather. If they were such partners, then the defendant below was a joint owner with the plaintiffs, of the leather which he surreptitiously took away and converted to his own use, for which this action of trover was brought. The agreement between the parties was this:
“ It is this day agreed between Faucet, Isham & Co., of New York city, and W.…
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