Barrett v. McKenzie
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiffs in this action were Edward H. Barrett, E. E. Barrett, Preston Cooper and Cyrus Severance, who were copartners under the firm name of “The Asbestine Stone Company. ” The said Preston Cooper was also a member of another firm, composed of himself and one B. Cooper, and doing business as “Cooper Bros.”
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The plaintiffs in this action were Edward H. Barrett, E. E. Barrett, Preston Cooper and Cyrus Severance, who were copartners under the firm name of “The Asbestine Stone Company. ” The said Preston Cooper was also a member of another firm, composed of himself and one B. Cooper, and doing business as “Cooper Bros.” While both of the copartnerships were still in existence, the firm of L. Butler & Co. recovered a judgment for $73.41 against the firm of “Cooper Bros.,” upon which an execution was issued. On July 9, 1875, this execution was placed in the hands of the sheriff of Hennepin county, and…
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
The plaintiffs were a copartnership composed of Edward H. and E. E. Barrett, Preston Cooper and Cyrus Severance, and brought this action upon the balance of an indebtedness accruing to them as such copartnership. The defence rested on the facts that L. Butler & Co. recovered judgment, and issued execution thereon against the property of another copartnership, composed of Preston Cooper and one B. Cooper, and that the sheriff, before the return-day of the execution, levied upon, and, after the return-day, sold, the interest of Preston Cooper in the debt on which this suit *23is brought; that, at…
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- Day v. McQuillanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1868
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