Vanhorn v. Corcoran
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LYCOMING COUNTY. No. 338 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 221 December Term 1886, C. P. On October 15, 1886, Daniel Vanhorn, Benjamin Griffin, Charles M. Vanhorn and David H. Roberts, trading as Van-horn, Griffin & Co., brought assumpsit against James Corcoran and Byron L. Richards, late doing business as Corcoran, Richards & Co., and a number of other persons and copartnerships, together doing business under the name of the…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LYCOMING COUNTY. No. 338 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 221 December Term 1886, C. P. On October 15, 1886, Daniel Vanhorn, Benjamin Griffin, Charles M. Vanhorn and David H. Roberts, trading as Van-horn, Griffin & Co., brought assumpsit against James Corcoran and Byron L. Richards, late doing business as Corcoran, Richards & Co., and a number of other persons and copartnerships, together doing business under the name of the Luppert & Kline Furniture Company, Limited, to recover upon certain notes given for the value of merchandise sold and…
1Opinion of the Court
*265Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
The first assignment of error presents a question which controls this case. It alleges that “the court erred in their answer to the plaintiffs’ first point, which point was : — ■
“ That the articles of association filed by the defendants, and under which they claim to have been organized and carried on business as a limited copartnership, are defective upon their face, in that the description of the property subscribed is too general to enable any one to form a correct estimate of the extent of the property, and gives only a lumping valuation, which renders it…
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