Benedict v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of book debt, against Nathaniel B. Stevens and Augustus P. Lawrence, described in the writ as partners under the name of N. B. Stevens & Company. The suit was brought to recover the price of certain castings ordered by the defendant Stevens, and charged by the plaintiff to the firm of N. B. Stevens & Company, for whom he supposed they were ordered.
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This was an action of book debt, against Nathaniel B. Stevens and Augustus P. Lawrence, described in the writ as partners under the name of N. B. Stevens & Company. The suit was brought to recover the price of certain castings ordered by the defendant Stevens, and charged by the plaintiff to the firm of N. B. Stevens & Company, for whom he supposed they were ordered. It appeared that this firm had been previously dissolved, and the castings were procured by Stevens as a partner in, and for the benefit of, the firm of Lawrence & Stevens, a new firm, consisting of himself and one E. G.…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The defendant, one of the firm of Lawrence & Stevens, ordered of the plaintiff certain castings, which were sent to Norfolk, according to the defendant’s directions, not informing him for whom they were ordered. The plaintiff supposed that they were intended for the firm of N. B. Stevens & Co., which had consisted of the defendant and Augustus P. Lawrence, and he accordingly charged them to that firm, and commenced his suit against them as partners. But in April, 1851, previous to the ordering of the castings, the old firm was dissolved, and a .new copartnership formed between the defendant…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- Dean v. SavageSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1859