Adams v. Beall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
This is an action at law brought by the appellee, an infant, suing by next friend, against the appellant. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
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This is an action at law brought by the appellee, an infant, suing by next friend, against the appellant. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial, the plaintiff offered six prayers, the first and sixth of which as follows, were granted ; the others were rejected and not having been passed upon by the Court, are omitted: 1. That if the jury shall find from the evidence that the plaintiff, Beall, passed, delivered or paid over to the defendant, Adams, on or about 6th day of July, 1883, the-sum of twenty-nine hundred dollars, and that said plaintiff, Beall, was…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The appellee, while a minor, paid to the appellant twenty-nine hundred dollars, as a consideration for being admitted- as a partner in the appellant’s business. The partnership continued for more than a year, and finding it unprofitable, the appellee, without formally dissolving the partnership, withdrew from the business.
The question in the case is whether the appellee is entitled to recover of the appellant the money thus paid? ^ His right to disaffirm the partnership contract, and to avoid all liabilities under it, including the partnership debts, is not denied. Being an infant when the…
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