Deckert v. Chesapeake Western Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, pronounced June 23, 1903, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee, Chesapeake Western Co., and others, were the complainants, and the appellants and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This case is as follows: In January, 1901, O. P. Spitzer, D. H. Shull and G. 0. Spitzer signed, acknowledged, and had recorded a statement in writing by which they signified their desire to form a partnership association in accordance with the provisions of section 2818 of the Code. The name of the association was to be the “O. P. Spitzer Company, Limited”; and the officers and members comprising the association were G. 0. Spitzer, president; D. H. Shull, secretary and treasurer, and O. P. Spitzer, manager.
The duration of the association was to be twenty years, and the business to be…
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