Denike v. . Harris
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 14, 1880, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. (Reported below, 23 Hun, 213.) The nature of the action and the facts appear sufficiently in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 14, 1880, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. (Reported below, 23 Hun, 213.) The nature of the action and the facts appear sufficiently in the opinion. If Reeves took the $15,000 as a loan, the testator’s estate became relieved from liability as partner, and Reeves became debtor to the estate, paying interest. (2 Lindl. on Partn. 806; Barfield v. Loughborough, L. R., 8 Ch. App. 1; Vyse v.…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
For some time before his death the' testator was a spqpial partner of the defendant in the business of selling agricultural implements; and as such special partner he had contributed to the capital of the partnership the sum of $15,-000. On the 1st day of January, 1879, an account then taken of the assets and condition of the partnership showed his interest therein to be the sum of $17,908. On the 17th day of July thereafter he made and published his will, in which he nominated' his partner, Beeves, and the defendant Harris as his executors; and he died on the 6th day of September, 1879. The…
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