Troy City Bank v. . Lauman

The evidence advanced by the plaintiffs was supposed to warrant the inference that the defendants were general partners, and that their association was not confined to the transaction mentioned in their contract with the Attica and Hornellsville Railroad Company, dated on the 29th of November, 1850, and which, by its terms, was to end on the 1st of January, 1852, previous to the dates of the notes and drafts on which this action was instituted. In the articles of agreement signed by them they are described as "partners under the firm of Lauman, Rockafellow Moore." The defendants' counsel…