DuPont v. McLaran
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. I. It has been held that an absolute assignment of tlie sliare of a partner in a firm does not necessarily operate as a dissolution. If he continues in the firm, to do business, as before, there is no dissolution. (Receiver vs. Goodwin, lHa.lst... 334; State vs-. Quick, 10 Iowa, 451; Taft vs. Bnffum, 14 Pick., 322; Buford vs. Weelv, 2 Dev. Eq., 481; Eei'rero vs. Bnhlmeyer, 34 Iiow.
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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. I. It has been held that an absolute assignment of tlie sliare of a partner in a firm does not necessarily operate as a dissolution. If he continues in the firm, to do business, as before, there is no dissolution. (Receiver vs. Goodwin, lHa.lst... 334; State vs-. Quick, 10 Iowa, 451; Taft vs. Bnffum, 14 Pick., 322; Buford vs. Weelv, 2 Dev. Eq., 481; Eei'rero vs. Bnhlmeyer, 34 Iiow. Pr., 33 ; Bank vs. Eowle,, 4 Johns Eq., 8.) If it does not operate as a dissolution, then he remains, if at all, clothed with all the powers of a partner. He can also, at a…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, Judge
On the 13th day of April, 1869, the defendant, Saxton, being then a member of the firm of McLaran, Saxton & Williams, and indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $7,888.47, executed and delivered to the plaintiffs, with the knowledge and consent of McLaran & Williams, the following agreement in writing
“This agreement made and entered into this the 13th day of April, A. D., 1869, by and between George S. Saxton, of the city of St. Louis, of the one part, and Henry DuPont, Elenthere I. DuPont, Samuel DuPont and Eugene Du Pont of Wilmington, Del., partners trading under the firm name *505of E. I.…
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