Seabury & Johnson v. Bolles
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari to the Second District Court of the city of Newark. The plaintiffs, a corporation of the State of New York, brought suit on a book account for chemical goods sold and delivered to Bolles Brothers, a firm of druggists, which is claimed to be composed of the three defendants. It was tried before a jury, and the verdict and judgment thereon were for the plaintiffs, $142.92 debt, and $10.65 costs.
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On certiorari to the Second District Court of the city of Newark. The plaintiffs, a corporation of the State of New York, brought suit on a book account for chemical goods sold and delivered to Bolles Brothers, a firm of druggists, which is claimed to be composed of the three defendants. It was tried before a jury, and the verdict and judgment thereon were for the plaintiffs, $142.92 debt, and $10.65 costs. On appeal by David S. Crowell, one of the defendants, the judgment was affirmed in the Court of Common Pleas.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the cotirt was delivered by
Scudder, J.
The only question considered by the Court of Common Pleas on the appeal, and it is the single point of real importance in the case presented in the return to this writ, is whether David S. Crowell was a member of the firm of Bolles Brothers, and liable to the plaintiffs for their claim. There was a motion to non-suit, and requests to charge which cover this main matter in controversy, and a submission of the case to the jury resulting in a verdict against Crowell and the other two defendants. The duty of the court in a plain case is to…
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