Muir v. Samuels
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 69 — Action to Recover Money Paid for Defendant — APPEAL FROM NELSON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. Appellant and appellees entered into a partnership to erect and operate a laundry at Bardstown, Ky. The laundry Was completed and commenced operations about June 1, 1898, with a man named Cannon as -superintendent. On August 15, 1898, appellees sold their interest in the laundry to appellant.
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Case 69 — Action to Recover Money Paid for Defendant — APPEAL FROM NELSON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. Appellant and appellees entered into a partnership to erect and operate a laundry at Bardstown, Ky. The laundry Was completed and commenced operations about June 1, 1898, with a man named Cannon as -superintendent. On August 15, 1898, appellees sold their interest in the laundry to appellant. In ■consideration of this sale, appellant assumed to pay the debts and liabilities of the firm, which was called the “Nelson Steam Laundry,” including the note for…
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Opinion op the court by
JUDGE BURN AM
Reversing.
The appellant, Joseph Muir, and the appellees, L. B. Samuels and Charles Edelen, entered into a partnership to erect and operate a steam laundry at Bard'stown, Ky., under the style of the “Nelson Steam Laundry.” The cost of the laundry was about $2,000. $1,400 of this sum was borrowed from the People’s Bank of Bardstown, Ky., and a note dated May 30th of 1898, due on the 30th of September thereafter, wa s executed to the bank, signed by the Nelson Steam Laundry, by Joseph Muir, treasurer, and by each of the partners. The balance of the capital nec*610e…
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