Henry v. Dennis
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. Two actions on the case to recover damages for false and fraudulent representations of the defendant in relation to the Gardiner Woolen Company, as set forth in two writs and two declarations claiming upon two distinct and separate accounts. The cases were tried together by direction of . the court.
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On exceptions by defendant. Two actions on the case to recover damages for false and fraudulent representations of the defendant in relation to the Gardiner Woolen Company, as set forth in two writs and two declarations claiming upon two distinct and separate accounts. The cases were tried together by direction of . the court. One writ was in favor of W. S. Henry, Jr., doing business as W. S. Henry, Jr. & Company vs. David Dennis, on an account for $618.25, including interest; the other was in favor of W. S. Henry, Jr., and Chas. S. Parsons, co-partners in business under the firm name of…
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, C. J.
For some time prior to May 1,1896, Henry, the plaintiff in one of these suits, had been engaged in the wool business alone, under the name of W. S. Henry, Jr. & Co. On that day he formed a copartnership in the same business with one Charles C. Parsons and the business was subsequently carried on in the firm name of Henry & Parsons. But after the formation of the firm, Mr. Henry continued his individual business, in the name of W. S. Henry, Jr. & Go., to the extent of selling from time to time a quantity of wool which he had on hand at the time of the formation of the copartnership.
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