Wadley, Jones & Co. v. Jones

Bleckley, Judge.

Concede to the complainant the position that he claims for himself; treat him as a partner by succession to his father, through purchase of his father’s interest, and through recognition and acceptance by all the other members of the firm. Concede, also, that there was a firm styled Wadley, Jones & Company, and that it,had, originally, two branches of business, a copartnership lumber business, and a copartnership railroad business. Still, we think the complainant was not, in this suit, entitled to the verdict which the jury rendered in his favor. The lumber business had been…