Clark v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 232. Assumpsit by John R. Clark against Ruel D. Fletcher, surviving partner of William T. Neill, copartners, lately doing business as the Titusville Savings Bank. In the fall of 1868 several persons formed a partnership by agreement in writing to carry on the business of banking at Titus-ville, under the firm name and style of “ Titusville Savings Bank.”
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 232. Assumpsit by John R. Clark against Ruel D. Fletcher, surviving partner of William T. Neill, copartners, lately doing business as the Titusville Savings Bank. In the fall of 1868 several persons formed a partnership by agreement in writing to carry on the business of banking at Titus-ville, under the firm name and style of “ Titusville Savings Bank.” Th'e association continued to transact a general banking business until September 1873, when it failed. The defendant was a member of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterkett
It may be regarded as well settled that when an ostensible or known member of a co-partnership retires therefrom, and wishes to shield himself from liability for future debts of the firm, it is necessary that personal notice of his withdrawal be given to all who have had dealings with the firm, and that notice be given, by publication or otherwise, to all others. The general principle, as broadly stated, in Watkinson et al. v. The Bank of Pennsylvania, 4 Whart. 482, is that publication of the dissolution in one or more newspapers printed in the city or county where the partnership business is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Watkinson v. Bank of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
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