Cock v. Bailey
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County
No. 19 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 888 June Term 1889, C. P. No. 1. To tbe first Monday of June, 1889, H. B. Cock brought assumpsit against “ James M. Bailey, Thomas Fawcett, Samuel S. Brown and James L. Marshall, who survive Hugh Lee, deceased, late partners doing business under the name and style of the Keystone Coal Company, Limited,” upon certain bonds of the Keystone Coal Co., Limited, and certain interest coupons thereto attached. Issue.
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No. 19 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 888 June Term 1889, C. P. No. 1. To tbe first Monday of June, 1889, H. B. Cock brought assumpsit against “ James M. Bailey, Thomas Fawcett, Samuel S. Brown and James L. Marshall, who survive Hugh Lee, deceased, late partners doing business under the name and style of the Keystone Coal Company, Limited,” upon certain bonds of the Keystone Coal Co., Limited, and certain interest coupons thereto attached. Issue. At the trial on November 18, 1890, the following facts were shown: On February 17,1879, the defendants, with Hugh Lee, executed and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
The Keystone Coal Company, Limited, was organized under the act of June 2, 1874, P. L. 271, and the several supplements thereto, as a limited partnership. The business of said association, as defined in the articles of association, “ shall be the buying and selling of coal lands, mining, selling, and shipping of coal, and the manufacturing and selling and shipping of coke, and all other necessary incidents pertaining to the mining, manufacturing, selling, and shipping of coal and coke, and the carrying on and conducting of a general store at the mines of said…
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