Hill, Keiser & Co. v. Stetler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EBBOB TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OB’ LACKAWANNA COUNTY. No. 58 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 212 October Term 1885, C. P. On July 8, 1885, Hill, Reiser & Co., Limited, brought assumpsit against S. N. Stetler, E. L. Fuller, R. W. Archbald and Theodore Strong, doing business as The Amity Coal Company, Limited, to recover tlie sum of 0410.82 with interest, the price and value of furniture sold and delivered by the plaintiffs to tlie defendants at their…
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EBBOB TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OB’ LACKAWANNA COUNTY. No. 58 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 212 October Term 1885, C. P. On July 8, 1885, Hill, Reiser & Co., Limited, brought assumpsit against S. N. Stetler, E. L. Fuller, R. W. Archbald and Theodore Strong, doing business as The Amity Coal Company, Limited, to recover tlie sum of 0410.82 with interest, the price and value of furniture sold and delivered by the plaintiffs to tlie defendants at their request. The defendants pleaded, nonassumpsit, and one of them, Mr. Strong, filed an affidavit of defence denying general…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams:
The defendants are sued as partners. They claim the immunity from liability as individuals which the act of 1874 confers on persons associating themselves in a joint stock or limited partnership association, alleging that they have fully complied with its provisions. This is the question on which the plaintiffs’ right to recover depends. The court below held that the organization of the Amity Coal Company, Limited, had been in full compliance with the provisions of the statute, and that *157the only remedy of the plaintiffs was by action against the association and…
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- Maloney v. BruceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Guillou v. PetersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
- Richardson v. HoggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
- Appeal of the Hite Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
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- Sheble v. Strong, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1889
- Chatham National Bank v. GardnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
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