Darby & Co. v. Gilligan

Holt, Judge:

This is an appeal taken by John T. McGraw and others, defendants below, from a final decree pronounced against them on the 25th September, 1891, by the Circuit Court of Taylor county. The cause was heretofore in this Court *61upon appeal. See Darby v. Galligan (1889) 33 W. Va. 246 (10 S. E. Rep. 400.)

The facts, briefly stated, are as follows : John J. Galli-gan was on 17th September, 1883, a general retail merchant in the town of Grafton. On that day James Burns entered into partnership with him, putting into the firm one thousand dollars, becoming thereby a partner entitled to one…