Legal Opinion
Mitchel v. Bowers
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 1, 1926No. 22PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHand, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).‘
We start with the assumption, agreed upon by both sides and well settled by the law of New York, where the agreement was made and the business of the firm was carried on, that the contract of January 1, 1916, did not make the plaintiff’s wife a partner in the firm. Burnett v. Snyder, 76 N. Y. 344, Burnett v. Snyder, 81 N. Y. 550, 37 Am. Rep. 527. The result is no different when the other partners in the firm know and assent to the arrangement. Rockafellow v. Miller, 107 N. Y. 507, 14 N. E. 433. It is only when the subpartner acquires some interest in the…
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