Beardsley v. Hall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit on a promissory note ; brought to the Superior Court and tried to the jury before Sanford, J. The note was dated March 4th, 1858, and was executed by the defendants, who were at that time partners, in their partnership name of Hall & Beardsley. The suit was brought February 6th, 1867. The defendants pleaded the general issue, with notice of the statute of limitations, and of a discharge of the defendant Beardsley under the United States bankrupt act.
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Assumpsit on a promissory note ; brought to the Superior Court and tried to the jury before Sanford, J. The note was dated March 4th, 1858, and was executed by the defendants, who were at that time partners, in their partnership name of Hall & Beardsley. The suit was brought February 6th, 1867. The defendants pleaded the general issue, with notice of the statute of limitations, and of a discharge of the defendant Beardsley under the United States bankrupt act. Upon the trial the defendants offered in evidence a written agreement between themselves for the dissolution of the co-partnership,…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
The question whether the admission by one partner of a partnership debt, after the dissolution of the partnership, but before the statute of limitations has run against the claim, may be sufficient to remove the bar of the statute of limitations as to all of the partners, has been so recently before this court and decided in the affirmative, that it is unnecessary to consider the question in this case, for it must be regarded as settled. Bissell v. Adams, 35 Conn., 299.
It is further claimed by the defendants that the court erred in charging the jury that the admission of the defendant…
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