Sheble v. Strong
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County
No. 408 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 390 December Term 1887, C. P. On November 19, 1887, George H. Sbeble and Charles M. Hill, trading as Sbeble & Hill, brought assumpsit against Theodore Strong and a large number of others, “ copartners doing business, or late doing business, as The Pittston Knitting Company, Limited. ” The plaintiffs filed a statement of claim upon a book account and a note dated February 28, 1882, at three months, for $2,425.52, made by “…
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No. 408 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 390 December Term 1887, C. P. On November 19, 1887, George H. Sbeble and Charles M. Hill, trading as Sbeble & Hill, brought assumpsit against Theodore Strong and a large number of others, “ copartners doing business, or late doing business, as The Pittston Knitting Company, Limited. ” The plaintiffs filed a statement of claim upon a book account and a note dated February 28, 1882, at three months, for $2,425.52, made by “ Pittston Knitting Co., Limited, Wm. Allen, Treas. ” An affidavit of defence was filed which set up four matters of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett:
In 1879, the defendants and others named in the suihmons attempted to organize a limited partnership association, under the act of 1874 and supplement, in the name of “The Pittston Knitting Company, Limited.” Their articles of association or statement, as executed and recorded by them, fixed the capital at $25,000, of which $15,050 was payable in money, and the balance, $9,950, in machinery contributed by two of the subscribers, residents of New York. In some respects the statement conformed to the requirements of the act, but no schedule, *321description, or…
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