English v. Moore

1. In a suit upon’ an alleged contract to which the defendant was not a party but which was entered into between the plaintiff and a third person, the defendant may be held liable upon the theory that he held himself out to the world as a partner with the third person, and that the plaintiff was therefore misled, and, acting upon the faith of such ostensible relationship, dealt with the third person as a partner of the defendant and thereby entered into a contract with the purported parnership. This proposition of law was properly given in charge to the jury. They were properly instructed…