Whitney & Co. v. Brownewell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Plymouth Circuit Court. These cases are submitted together as involving substantially the same question. The plaintiffs in the respective actions sold goods to the defendant George W. Brownewell, and the actions are brought to recover for the goods.
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Appeal from, Plymouth Circuit Court. These cases are submitted together as involving substantially the same question. The plaintiffs in the respective actions sold goods to the defendant George W. Brownewell, and the actions are brought to recover for the goods. Mrs. D. E. Brownewell, wife of George W. Brownewell, and Mrs. T. E. Murphy,, mother of Mrs. Brownewell, are made defendants, and are sought to be made liable, upon the ground that they were silent partners with George W. Brownewell, or, if not, that they conspired with him to defraud the plaintiffs in the purchase of the goods. Writs…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
I. The plaintiffs assign several error! pertaining to the alleged liability of Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Brownewell for the goods. We do not need to consider them. ■ There was no evidence introduced or offered tending *253to show such liability, and the plaintiffs were not prejudiced by the alleged errors, if they were made.
1. Practice: court not boosd by it3 own ruling: illustration. 2. Evidence: admissions of one of two defendants. II. The plaintiffs, by way of answer to the claim of Mrq> Murphy and Mrs. Brownewell for damages for the wrongful issuance and levy of the attachment,…
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