Lerch v. Bard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 20, Jan. TV, 1894, by plaintiff, Annetta K. Lerch, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Feb. T., 1892, No. 51, on verdict for defendants, Geo. W. Bard, Samuel H. Kutz and Regina Boyer, trading as the American Plumbago Mining Co. Assumpsit on promissory note. Before Endlich, J. The facts appear' by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 20, Jan. TV, 1894, by plaintiff, Annetta K. Lerch, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Feb. T., 1892, No. 51, on verdict for defendants, Geo. W. Bard, Samuel H. Kutz and Regina Boyer, trading as the American Plumbago Mining Co. Assumpsit on promissory note. Before Endlich, J. The facts appear' by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Plaintiff’s points were as follows: “1. Under the defendants’ articles of copartnership, William P. Bard was invested with power to borrow for the copartnership such moneys as were necessary for the carrying on of the business thereof, and was empowered,…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,. On the 24th of May, 1888, George W. Bard, Samuel H. Kutz *311and Regina Boyer, by written articles, formed a copartnership, as the “American Plumbago Mining Company,” to continue ten years, in the business of mining and manufacturing plumbago ; each partner’s contribution to the capital was one thousand dollars. In the articles are these stipulations: “ It is hereby further understood and agreed that no debts shall be contracted in the name of the American Plumbago Mining Co., unless the written consent of all parties hereto be first had and obtained. It is hereby…
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