Kerrick v. Stevens

Defendants were sued as partners for a debt incurred by the firm for machinery furnished by plaintiff for a factory in Hastings, Minnesota. Under the charge of the court below a verdict was rendered for defendants, which depended on a denial of the existence of any partnership liability against Stevens.

On the 1st of March, 1882, the defendants entered into articles which recited the ownership by Niches of a patent for folding ladders, in which he agreed to give the others each one-third interest in Minnesota. Stevens agreed to furnish $5000 for the.purpose of putting up a factory in Hastings,…