Delaney v. Dutcher
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action against the defendants E. R. George, Eliza A. Dutcher, Minnie C. George, Austin A. Dutchcr, William S.. Timberlake, and Jennie E. Timberlake, as partners under the name of E. R. George, and, as such partners, engaged in carrying on the Metropolitan Hotel in the city of St. Paul.
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Action against the defendants E. R. George, Eliza A. Dutcher, Minnie C. George, Austin A. Dutchcr, William S.. Timberlake, and Jennie E. Timberlake, as partners under the name of E. R. George, and, as such partners, engaged in carrying on the Metropolitan Hotel in the city of St. Paul. Six causes of action are alleged in the complaint, viz., five promissory notes signed by E. R. George, amounting to $3,075.15, the consideration of which was meat furnished for the use of the hotel, and a balance of acc-otmt,, amounting to $1,095.50, also for moat furnished the hotel,, and charged in the name…
1Opinion of the CourtCornell, J.
The principal point presented for consideration by the exceptions in this case is whether the agreement marked “ Exhibit A,” and set forth in the plaintiff’s complaint, constituted the appellant defendants partners as respects the plaintiff, a third party, who dealt with them with knowledge of such agreement. It is admitted that Gilbert Dutcher, in his lifetime, and the defendant George were equal copai’tners, engaged in the hotel business in St. Paul, having a lease of the Metropolitan Hotel, and owning the furniture, etc., therein; that Dutcher died in October, 1873, leaving, as next of…
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