Rogers v. Raynor

The plaintiffs were partners in a venture involving the publication and sale of a book. It was the principal business of Thorpe, but not of Rogers. In furtherance of their venture, they delivered to Kaynor & Taylor, copartners, a quantity of paper and electrotype plates, under a contract by which they were to do the press work for $300. Subsequently, this contract was modified so as to include the binding of the books. Raynor & Taylor performed the labor, and delivered upwards of 5,000 of the books, but retained about 500 finished volumes and some unbound sheets, and about 5 reams of the…