Harvey v. Varney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity by one member of a partnership under the style of Varney & Harvey, against William H. Varney, Thomas J. Hunt, John Lane and Henry Hunt, as his copartners in the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes, alleging that they wrongfully withheld from the complainant his interest in the partnership property, and particularly in certain promissory notes alleged to have been given by Peter Semonin to Thomas J. Hunt in consideration of the transfer to Semonin of an…
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Bill in equity by one member of a partnership under the style of Varney & Harvey, against William H. Varney, Thomas J. Hunt, John Lane and Henry Hunt, as his copartners in the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes, alleging that they wrongfully withheld from the complainant his interest in the partnership property, and particularly in certain promissory notes alleged to have been given by Peter Semonin to Thomas J. Hunt in consideration of the transfer to Semonin of an interest in the goods and business of the firm in Evansville, Indiana, where, as also at New Orleans in Louisiana, and…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The results at which the court have arrived upon the several questions of fact in the present cause may be verv *119briefly stated. We do not regard it as either necessary or useful to do more than announce our conclusions upon such subjects, without supporting them by exposition or argument. We find:
1. That a copartnership existed between the plaintiff and defendants in equity;
2. That Henry Hunt was admitted as a partner into the firm August 12,1861; ■
3. That the business carried on at Evansville, Indiana, by John Lane and by Thomas J. Hunt was for and on account of said firm ; and that, after…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Nellis v. ClarkNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Drinkwater v. DrinkwaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Clinkinbeard v. ClinkinbeardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1860
- St. John v. BenedictNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
- Clapp v. YoungDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1843
3Cited by54 opinions
- Kerwin v. DonaghyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Westerlund v. Black Bear Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
- Severance v. Knight-Counihan Co.California Supreme Court · 1947
- Lufkin v. JakemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- O'Gasapian v. DanielsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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