Rutland Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Williams
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. Pleas, the general issue and payment. Trial by court at the March Term, 1913, Rutland County, Miles, J., presiding. Judgment, pro forma, for plaintiff on the facts found. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The defendants were partners doing business under the firm name of the "Williams Slate Co. A corporation called the Vermont Slate Co. was doing business at the same time. Hugh Williams was the managing partner of the Williams Slate Co., and the treasurer and managing official of the Vermont Slate Co., carrying on the business of both companies in the same office. Both companies took power from the plaintiff, and both were indebted to it at the time of the transaction in question.
In August, 1913, Hugh Williams mailed to the plaintiff two notes of the Vermont Slate Co., with a statement showing…
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