Cottrill v. Vanduzen
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. Judgment to account was rendered, and an auditor was appointed, who reported the facts as follows. The account of the plaintiff was for keeping and boarding the horses and driver of a stage coach, which run between Montpelier and Warren.
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Book Account. Judgment to account was rendered, and an auditor was appointed, who reported the facts as follows. The account of the plaintiff was for keeping and boarding the horses and driver of a stage coach, which run between Montpelier and Warren. In the years 1838 and 1839 the defendant Abraham Vanduzen, who resided in Warren, was the proprietor of the stage in question, and the plaintiff kept the stage horses at his tavern, and the bills therefor were paid by said Abraham. The stage was driven, most of the time, by the defendant Oliver P. Vanduzen, a son of the said Abraham, who became…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Poland, J.
The auditor reports, that, from all the evidence in the case, he was unable to find, that the defendants were really partners between themselves, but does find, that they so conducted and held thémseves out to the plaintiff, that he was justified in dealing with and giving credit to them as such.
No doctrine is more familiar, or better settled, than that, when persons hold themselves out to the world as partners, and conduct as such, persons dealing with them have a right to give credit to them and hold them responsible as partners, though…
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