Scrantonian v. Brown
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, Jan. T., 1908, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. Term, 1905, No. 650, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Richard Little, trading as The Scrantonian, v. George Astwood, H. C. C. Astwood, Jr., Alamanzo Porter, John R. Sparks, David T. Brown and George W. Brown. Assumpsit against several persons as partners.
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Appeal, No. 9, Jan. T., 1908, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. Term, 1905, No. 650, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Richard Little, trading as The Scrantonian, v. George Astwood, H. C. C. Astwood, Jr., Alamanzo Porter, John R. Sparks, David T. Brown and George W. Brown. Assumpsit against several persons as partners. At the trial H. C. C. Astwood, one of the defendants, was called by the plaintiff as for cross-examination, and after he had testified he was examined by defendants’ counsel as follows: Mr. Comegys: “Q. We would like to ask the witness a question.”…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
In the case under review, it was sought to hold appellant as a partner with other parties interested in the publication of a newspaper known as "The Defender.” The appellant admitted his liability as a partner until June, 1904, when, as he alleged, he ceased to have any connection with the publication and so notified the plaintiff, when it was agreed that he (the appellant) *174should not be held responsible for any indebtedness connected with the publication of “The Defender.” The appellant admits, in his history of the case, that Porter, who was joined with him and others,…
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