Locke v. Lewis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Replevin of three carriages. The defendant, who was a deputy sheriff, justified under a writ of attachment of the carriages as the property of Isaiah L. Robinson, Daniel C. Robinson, Thomas Chase, Henry Parkinson and Stephen D. Greeley, copartners, doing business under the name and style of I. L. Robinson & Co. Trial in the Superior Court before Brigham, C. J., who made a report thereof, in substance as follows: The plaintiff proved possession and use of the carnages, and…
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Replevin of three carriages. The defendant, who was a deputy sheriff, justified under a writ of attachment of the carriages as the property of Isaiah L. Robinson, Daniel C. Robinson, Thomas Chase, Henry Parkinson and Stephen D. Greeley, copartners, doing business under the name and style of I. L. Robinson & Co. Trial in the Superior Court before Brigham, C. J., who made a report thereof, in substance as follows: The plaintiff proved possession and use of the carnages, and put in evidence a bill for the carriages for the price of $582, having a printed heading (with the date and the…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
This case presents an important question of the law of partnership, which has been several times argued, and has received great consideration from the court. The apparent conflict in the cases cited at the bar, changes in the court, doubts entertained by some of the judges, the consequent necessity of *5making a full examination of the authorities upon the subject, and the pressure of other duties, have delayed the judgment to the present time.
The case, briefly stated, is as follows: It is replevin of three carriages. In September, 1870, a copartnership previously existing between the plaintiff…
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