Hubbard v. . Matthews
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the Greneral Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial district. The firm of Brander & Hubbard was formed in Hew Orleans in May or June, 1860, and was composed of the plaintiff, Hubbard, and James S. Brander, Jr., as general partners, and James S. Brander, Sr., as partner in commendam.
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Appeal from judgment of the Greneral Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial district. The firm of Brander & Hubbard was formed in Hew Orleans in May or June, 1860, and was composed of the plaintiff, Hubbard, and James S. Brander, Jr., as general partners, and James S. Brander, Sr., as partner in commendam. It continued through that year and until March 27, 1861, when it was dissolved by an “authentic act,” so called, passed according to Louisiana law, before a notary public. Hotice of such dissolution was published in the newspapers of Hew Orleans. On the same day, March 27, 1861, a…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, C.
The indorsements upon which this action is brought were made on the 27th or 28th of March, 1861, at Hew Orleans, and therefore at a period earlier than the breaking out of hostilities in the late civil war. They were made by the defendant Matthews, then present in Hew Orleans, in the name of Brander, Chambliss & Co., and he therefore cannot be allowed to dispute either the existence of that firm or his responsibility as a member of it. It actually proceeded to transact business for a considerable period. By the writing under which it was constituted it was to commence on the 27th…
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