Rice v. Barrett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on an account annexed, against Charles H. Barrett and William. A. Barrett, as partners. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., the only-issue was whether Charles H. was a partner with William A. Both the defendants testified that Charles H. was never a partner with William A., but that he was employed by William A. on wages.
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Contract on an account annexed, against Charles H. Barrett and William. A. Barrett, as partners. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., the only-issue was whether Charles H. was a partner with William A. Both the defendants testified that Charles H. was never a partner with William A., but that he was employed by William A. on wages. The plaintiffs’ counsel stated that he should not claim to hold Charles H. as partner in fact, but on the ground that he represented himself to the plaintiffs, before the purchase of the goods, to be a partner, and that the plaintiffs sold the…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
One who, by representing himself to a third per son to be a partner, induces him to give credit to the supposed partnership, is liable to him as a partner, whether actually a partner or not. Story Part. §§ 64, 65. Exceptions overruled.
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