Level v. Farris
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Bucbanan Circuit Court, Hon. Joseph P. Grubb, Judge. Statement of case by the court. This action arose on a proceeding in the probate •court of Buchanan county, on an allowance of a claim ■against the estate of Madison S. Farris, deceased. Said decedent in his lifetime was a partner with one Michael S. Farris, under the firm name of “M. S. Farris & Co.” The firm owed the claimant a debt. The partnership was dissolved by the death of said Madison Farris.
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Appeal from Bucbanan Circuit Court, Hon. Joseph P. Grubb, Judge. Statement of case by the court. This action arose on a proceeding in the probate •court of Buchanan county, on an allowance of a claim ■against the estate of Madison S. Farris, deceased. Said decedent in his lifetime was a partner with one Michael S. Farris, under the firm name of “M. S. Farris & Co.” The firm owed the claimant a debt. The partnership was dissolved by the death of said Madison Farris. The partnership assets proving insufficient to pay off in ■full the indebtedness of the firm, the claimant presented his demand,…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, P. J.
There is no lack of adjudications bearing upon the question involved in this record. They are multitudinous. An attempted review of them would be as laborious as unprofitable. It is sufficient to say that from a careful examination of all the authorities accessible to us, I am satisfied that the great weight of authority is in favor of the conclusion reached by the trial judge.
Whatever doubts may have been expressed by some judges as to the rule in England, from the fluctuations of the earlier decisions, there can be little room for question that it is now firmly settled: That partnership'…
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