Hunt v. Reilly
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Smith. Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. May 22,1871, H. C. Hunt and H. 0. Manning, editors and proprietors of the National Index newspaper and job office at Tyler, Texas, formed a partnership with B. W. Reilly, publisher. By the terms of the partnership Hunt and Manning were to “ furnish all the necessary material for the publication of said newspaper and for job work of the office for one year from this date,” damages from loss by fire excepted.
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Appeal from Smith. Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. May 22,1871, H. C. Hunt and H. 0. Manning, editors and proprietors of the National Index newspaper and job office at Tyler, Texas, formed a partnership with B. W. Reilly, publisher. By the terms of the partnership Hunt and Manning were to “ furnish all the necessary material for the publication of said newspaper and for job work of the office for one year from this date,” damages from loss by fire excepted. Reilly was to publish and mail the newspaper and do all the job work of the office, &c., for the term. Hunt and Manning were to…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by Reilly to recover of Hunt and Manning damages for an alleged breach of an agreement, the legal effect of which *103agreement was a partnership between the three, in the publication of a newspaper, for twelve months from May 22, 1871, Hunt and Manning, on their part, agreeing to furnish everything in the way of materials; Reilly to do or furnish at his own expense all the work; the proceeds, after paying a book-keeper, to be equally divided between Reilly on the one side and Hunt and Manning on the other. The publication was carried on under the…
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