Wilson & Griffith v. McCormick
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Clarke county rendered February 2, 1889, in an action of assumpsit, wherein the plaintiffs in error, Wilson & Griffiths, were plaintiffs, and Province McCormick was defendant. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought to recover the sum of $487 50, with interest, alleged to have been paid by the plaintiffs to George W. Titlow & Co. for, and at the request of, the defendant. The plea was non assumpsit, upon which issue was joined. At the trial, evidence was introduced tending to prove that although the contract sued on was in the name of the defendant, and ostensibly for his sole benefit, yet that Marshall McCormick was jointly interested as a partner with him, and that this fact was known to the plaintiffs when the money was paid. After…
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