Legal Opinion

Rehfuss v. Moore

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 5, 1890No. 176PublishedCited by 3 opinions

APPEAL BY PLAINTIFFS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 176 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 420 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. To the number and term in the court below, George Rehfuss and others, trading as George Rehfuss & Sons, brought assumpsit against Edward B. Moore and others, “ copartners, trading as the Automatic Overseaming Button-hole Machine Company, Limited,” to recover a balance alleged to be due from the defendants to…

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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFFS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 176 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 420 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. To the number and term in the court below, George Rehfuss and others, trading as George Rehfuss & Sons, brought assumpsit against Edward B. Moore and others, “ copartners, trading as the Automatic Overseaming Button-hole Machine Company, Limited,” to recover a balance alleged to be due from the defendants to the plaintiffs upon a contract for the manufacture of tools and machinery. The contract set out in plaintiffs’…

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Opinion,

Mr. Justice Clark:

The act of June 2, 1874, P. L. 271, requires persons desiring to form a limited partnership or association to file with the recorder of deeds a statement in writing, duly signed and acknowledged, in which shall he set forth: The full names of the persons associated, with the amount of capital subscribed by each; the total amount of the capital, and when and how to be paid; the character of the business, and the location of the same; the name of the association, with the word “Limited” added thereto; the contemplated duration of the association, not exceeding twenty…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ager v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Maloney v. BruceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
  3. Gillett v. . BateNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  4. Taylor v. Central Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Vanhorn v. CorcoranSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Laflin & Rand Co. v. Steytler, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1892
  2. Haslet v. KentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. Wood v. SlomanMichigan Supreme Court · 1907

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