Buck v. Alley
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by tbe defendants, Ferdinand T. Hopkins and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of June, 1894, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Circuit before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Special Term was as follows:
Patterson, J.:
The cases in this State and in other jurisdictions in which interpretation has been given to section 13 of the Limited Partnership Act of New York, as it reads in the Revised Statutes, or to enactments similarly worded of other Statps, hold that the use of the words “ and Company ” or “ & Co.” in the firm name and style of a limited or special partnership, makes the special partners liable as general partners, if such use has been with their knowledge, consent *30and intent (Ward v. Newell, 42 Barb. 482; Bradbury v. Smith, 21 Maine,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ward v. NewellNew York Supreme Court · 1864