Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Brownlee
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from Twiggs superior court — Judge Kent. February 28, 1921. . The Southern Cotton Oil Company sued W. Y. Brownlee and W. C. Mason, as partners, on an open account for advances made during the cottonseed season of 1915. The defendants filed a plea of no partnership. The correctness of the account was admitted and the case went to the jury on the sole issue of partnership or no partnership, and the verdict was in favor of the defendants.
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Complaint; from Twiggs superior court — Judge Kent. February 28, 1921. . The Southern Cotton Oil Company sued W. Y. Brownlee and W. C. Mason, as partners, on an open account for advances made during the cottonseed season of 1915. The defendants filed a plea of no partnership. The correctness of the account was admitted and the case went to the jury on the sole issue of partnership or no partnership, and the verdict was in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and it excepted. The evidence relating to the shipment of cottonseed consisted of letters…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The evidence in the case was hardly sufficient to demand a verdict for the plaintiff, but it was sufficient to raise the inference that, as to the cottonseed business for that year, there was a partnership between the two defendants. The first letter written by W. C. Mason, one of the defendants, in reply to a letter of the plaintiff, asking that it be favored again with shipments by him for the ensuing year, expressly stated that “ Mr. W. V. Brownlee is interested with me at Adams Park this year, but we will use the same contract as last year.” In reply…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Central Railroad v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- American Cotton College v. Atlanta Newspaper UnionSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- Carlton v. Grissom & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Stewart & Son v. Brown & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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- Foskey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
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