Jackson v. Robinson

STORY, Circuit Justice.

The first question presented for consideration in this case is, whether the ship-owners are to be deemed partners as to the cargo, or tenants in common only in the same proportions which they held in the ship. It does not by any means follow because the purchase was made for the account of all, or the shipment was made in the names of all, that this constituted them partners in the sense of a joint interest. They might authorize a common agent to purchase or ship goods for them according to their several and separate interests, without involving themselves in a joint…