Sherman v. Kreul
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Iowa County. The complaint alleges, in substance, that on the 23d of August, 1873, the defendants, Goldthorp, Kroll, Topp and Nondorf, were partners, doing business in the city of Mineral. Point, in this state, under the name of Geo.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Iowa County. The complaint alleges, in substance, that on the 23d of August, 1873, the defendants, Goldthorp, Kroll, Topp and Nondorf, were partners, doing business in the city of Mineral. Point, in this state, under the name of Geo. J. Goldthorp & Co.; that on that day, and at said city, they made their promissory note, in writing, under their firm name, whereby, for value received, they promised to pay the plaintiff, sixty days after date, $325, with interest at ten per cent, per annum; and that they have not paid any part thereof! Goldthorp did not answer.…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Among other errors relied on by the administrators of Nondorf for a reversal of the judgment, is an exception taken to that portion of the charge of the circuit court which reads as follows: “In this action it will be unnecessary to decide whether Goldthorp had power to execute a promissory note in the ’name of the firm, or not. It appears that the note was given for a team which was delivered to Goldthorp.' If on any ground he had authority to purchase the team on the credit of himself, Nondorf, Ivroll and Topp, the plaintiff is entitled to recover against the defendants; otherwise not.”
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