Urquhart v. Powell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Partnership. Contracts. Pleadings. Before Judge Buchanan. Coweta Superior Court. September Term, 1874. Powell brought complaint against Urquhart as the surviving partner of the firm of Urquhart & Powell, composed of said defendant and Thomas R. Powell, now deceased,- on the following account: “Urquhart & Powell, to D. E. Powell, Dr. 1870. —For ditching.....................$ 50 00 “ work and labor on gin-house .'........... 30 00 “ work and labor in raising crop during the…
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Partnership. Contracts. Pleadings. Before Judge Buchanan. Coweta Superior Court. September Term, 1874. Powell brought complaint against Urquhart as the surviving partner of the firm of Urquhart & Powell, composed of said defendant and Thomas R. Powell, now deceased,- on the following account: “Urquhart & Powell, to D. E. Powell, Dr. 1870. —For ditching.....................$ 50 00 “ work and labor on gin-house .'........... 30 00 “ work and labor in raising crop during the year 1869, the value of three bales of cotton..........345 00 1871. — “ four hundred boards................ 12 00 “ work…
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
1. As to the question of partnership raised in this case, it comes within the decisions of R. R. & D. Adams vs. Cater, 53d Georgia, 160, and Hollifield & Company vs. White, executrix, 52 Georgia, 567. There was no error in the refusal of the court to set aside' the verdict and grant a new trial on the ground that there was no evidence showing a partnership.
2. Was Urquhart liable to the plaintiff (defendant in error,) *32for his wages as a workman or laborer on the plantation as a farm hand ? If Urquhart and Thomas R. Powell contracted between themselves that each was to furnish and…
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