Watkinson v. Bank of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, to remove the record of an action on the case brought in that Court to June term, 1831, by the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Pennsylvania, against Richard Watkinson and William Budd Watkinson, late co-partners, under the firm ofR. &W. B. Watkinson.
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IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, to remove the record of an action on the case brought in that Court to June term, 1831, by the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Pennsylvania, against Richard Watkinson and William Budd Watkinson, late co-partners, under the firm ofR. &W. B. Watkinson. The declaration contained four counts: 1st. Upon a promissory note drawn by one J. M. Douglas, and endorsed by the defendants. 2d. For money lent and advanced. 3d. For money paid, laid out and expended. 4th. For money had and…
1Opinion of the Court
*484The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J. —
The question presents itself in this case, what is sufficient notice of the dissolution of a partnership, so as to discharge a partner from debts subsequently contracted in the name, of the firm, without his participation or assent % The rule seems tó. be, that notice of the dissolution of the partnership, given in a newspaper printed in the city or county where the partnership, business is carried on, is of itself notice to all persons who have had no previous dealing with the partnership. But as to persons who have had such previous…
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