Leidy v. Gould

1. Where one allows the continued use of his name as partner after retiring from a particular business, and thereby induces another to deal with the business as a partnership, such ostensible partner will be estopped to deny the partnership relation as to acts within the ordinary scope of such business. Civil Code (1910), § 3157; Barnett Line v. Blackmar, 53 Ga. 98; Sankey v. Columbus Iron Works, 44 Ga. 228 (2); 30 Cyc. 390. But, in order to hold the ostensible partner liable, the contract must be in relation to and in the scope of that particular business or adventure which the retiring…