Beaumont v. Sharpless
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 183, Oct. T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Chester .Co., Oct. Term, 1909, No. 6, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles 0. Beaumont, trading as Joseph Oat & Son, v. William Sharpless and W. Warren Sharpless, trading as W. W. Sharpless Company. Assumpsit for labor and material.
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Appeal, No. 183, Oct. T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Chester .Co., Oct. Term, 1909, No. 6, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles 0. Beaumont, trading as Joseph Oat & Son, v. William Sharpless and W. Warren Sharpless, trading as W. W. Sharpless Company. Assumpsit for labor and material. Before Butler, J. The court charged in part as follows: The plaintiff, who is Charles 0. Beaumont, trading as Joseph Oat & Sons, has brought this suit against William Sharpless and Warren Sharpless, trading as the Sharpless Company, Ltd., to recover $772.83, with interest from. August 1,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The basis of the plaintiff’s claim is an account which he held against a firm of which he was a member. In the prosecution of the business of that firm it was deemed advisable to procure a motor truck and this the plaintiff bought. The partnership having been dissolved by an agreement in writing the plaintiff afterward brought this action to recover the price of the truck and some repairs made on it. Two objections are made to the judgment appealed from: first, that an action of assumpsit cannot be maintained by one member of a firm against his copartners or former…
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