Harris & Jacoby v. Hillegass
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the defendant, on a demurrer to the complaint, in the Third District Court, County of Alameda. McKee, J. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Department No. 1, McKinstry, J.:
The complaint alleges that on the 26th of June, 1849, the plaintiffs and one William Hillegass, now deceased, (the administratrix of whose estate and whose heirs are the parties defendant) were copartners, with equal interests, doing business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; that on that day the firm sent Hillegass to California and furnished him with the sum of $1,500 to defray his traveling expenses, “ and to enable him to engage in digging gold, and trading generally in said State on behalf of said firm ”; that in connection therewith Hillegass made and…
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