Morss v. Osborn

By the Court, Daniels, J.

The plaintiff and defendant in this action were partners in business, prior to the 17th of March, 1864. On that day the plaintiff purchased the defendant’s interest in the business, and as part of the consideration for the purchase, he assumed to pay the outstanding debts owed by the firm. The defendant had the management of the partnership business, and its books were kept under his supervision. *536The plaintiff offered to prove, upon the trial, that the defendant represented to him, before he purchased the defendant’s interest in the property of the firm, that all the…