Eliot v. Himrod
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: Of January Term, 1885, No. 49. Assumpsit, by J ohn Eliot, Treasurer of the German Sayings Institution of Erie, Pa., against Wm. Himrod et al., who, with John W. Hammond,"now deceased, were late partners, doing business under firm name of Keystone Boot and Shoe Company, Limited.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: Of January Term, 1885, No. 49. Assumpsit, by J ohn Eliot, Treasurer of the German Sayings Institution of Erie, Pa., against Wm. Himrod et al., who, with John W. Hammond,"now deceased, were late partners, doing business under firm name of Keystone Boot and Shoe Company, Limited. The narr. alleged liability of defendants as general partners, upon two notes, of which the following are copies: The parties by agreement filed waived trial by jury and submitted the cause to the Court under the Act of 2d April, 1874. The cause was tried January 3d,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
• This action is against the defendants as partners for recovery of the amount of two notes given for money borrowed for use of the firm. In 1873, the defendants, together with John W. Hammond, late deceased, associated for the manufacture of boots and shoes, 'each agreeing to put a stipulated sum into the capital; and they contemplated procuring a charter of incorporation. More than three fourths of the money so agreed to be put in, was paid, nearly all of which was expended in the erection of a building and the purchase of tools and machinery. The business was commenced in February 1874,…
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