Shoemaker v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeals from decrees pronounced by the Circuit Court of Rockingham county April 23, 1900, in two several chancery suits, wherein the appellants, respectively, were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Hpon the merits of these cases, the sole question is, can one partner, where it is necessary ir the usual course of business, *689without the consent of his copartner, and with no other authority than that derived from his general power as agent, execute negotiable paper containing a waiver of the homestead, and thereby deprive such copartner of the right, as against said notes, to claim the homestead exemption in his individual property? This is an important question, but it can only be settled in a case, in which this court has the power under the law to decide it; jurisdiction being…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Price v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
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