Barber v. Gillson
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. The instructions given and refused in this case were quite numerous.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. The instructions given and refused in this case were quite numerous. Among others the following were given at the request of plaintiff: 1. If the jury believe from the evidence that at the time of the' dissolution of copartnership between plaintiff and defendant, on the twenty-fifth of February, 1881, the defendant promised to pay all the debts of the firm of Gillson & Barber in consideration of the sale and delivery by plaintiff to defendant of plaintiff’s interest in the property mentioned in the bill of sale,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Belknap, J.:. The parties hereto composed, a copartnership of mei’chants. Upon the twenty-fifth day of February, 1881, the copartnership was dissolved by mutual consent. Appellant purchased from respondent his interest in the property and effects, giving promissory notes therefor aggregating in value the sum of six thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars. In consideration of the transfer, appellant assumed the outstanding indebtedness of the firm, amounting to upwards of forty thousand dollars. This indebtedness remained unpaid until the latter part of the month of May…
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