Burnett & Co. v. Blackmar & Chandler
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice. Evidence. Statute of Frauds. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1870. Alfred O. Blackmar aud Henry W. Chandler averred, that they were partners under the style of Blackmar & Chandler; that Aaron Burnett, Dan Fry, Henry G. Bryan, Loyd G. Bowers, William L. Stapler and Benjamin F. Markham, partners under the style of Burnett & Company, owed them $1,500 00, because, on the 7th of August, 1867, said firm employed plaintiffs as agents for the…
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Practice. Evidence. Statute of Frauds. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1870. Alfred O. Blackmar aud Henry W. Chandler averred, that they were partners under the style of Blackmar & Chandler; that Aaron Burnett, Dan Fry, Henry G. Bryan, Loyd G. Bowers, William L. Stapler and Benjamin F. Markham, partners under the style of Burnett & Company, owed them $1,500 00, because, on the 7th of August, 1867, said firm employed plaintiffs as agents for the company, at $1,-500 00 per annum, said service to begin on the 1st of October, 1867, and end on the 1st of October,…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Judge.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendants, as partners, using the firm name of “Burnett Line of Steamers,” to recover for services alleged to be due them under a parol contract. The defendants pleaded that the alleged contract was not to be performed within one year from the making thereof. On the trial of the case, several exceptions were taken by the defendants, to the rulings of the Court, as set forth in the record, and they also excepted to the charge of the Court to the jury. That part of the charge complained of, is in the following words: “ If…
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