Newhall v. Porter

The plaintiff in error, Charles K. Newhall, claiming to he the surviving partner of a partnership alleged to have existed between himself and one George Smith until the. latter’s decease, and as such to have been in the possession of partnership assets consisting of a herd of cattle, some horses, and saddles, brought an action in the court below against the defendant in error, J. N. Porter, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful conversion by him of the aforesaid property. Porter, denying the claim of partnership, and averring the ownership of the property to have been in the said George…