Willoughby v. Hildreth
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jasper County Circuit Court. Division Number One. — Hon. Joseph D. Perkins, Judge. (1) A partnership is a contract of two or more competent persons to place their money, effects, labor, and skill, or some or all of them, in lawful commerce or business, and to divide the profit and bear the loss in certain proportions. Cyc.
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Appeal from Jasper County Circuit Court. Division Number One. — Hon. Joseph D. Perkins, Judge. (1) A partnership is a contract of two or more competent persons to place their money, effects, labor, and skill, or some or all of them, in lawful commerce or business, and to divide the profit and bear the loss in certain proportions. Cyc. Yol. 30, page 349'; Freeman v. Bloomfield, 43 Mo. 391; Rinel v. Hayes, 83 Mo. 201; Maclay v. Freeman, 48 Mo. 234; Kellogg News Paper Co. v. Farrell, 88 Mo. 594; Mining Co. v. Swope, 204 Mo. 48; Thompson v. Holden, 117 Mo. 118; Sain v. Rooney, 125 Mo. App. 176;…
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.
Suit by three partners doing business under a firm name to recover for certain flour, feed and meal alleged to have been sold to sixteen residents of Jasper county on the theory that the defendants were partners in the Carthage Cash Store. Plaintiffs were successful at the trial. Defendants each denied the existence of a partnership among them under oath. Because of dismissals and failure to join in the appeal, but four of the defendants remain in the contest to support the contention that there was no partnership existing among the defendants, — namely, Hildreth, Hill, Hoofnagle and Givler.…
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