Bishop v. Georgeson

delivered tbe opinion of the Court:

It appears that appellant Bishop, in the autumn of 1867, and had, for some years previously, resided in Waukegan, in this State, and was engaged in the lumber trade at Delvalb. The business was conducted by F. W. Smith, in the name of Bishop. But in that fall they formed a partnership in that business, Smith still continuing to conduct it, and in addition thereto engaged in the business of erecting houses, and acted as an insurance agent. He continued to be thus engaged through the summer and fall of 1868. In building houses, he either furnished the material…