Downie v. Savage
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered May 29, 1912, upon findings in favor of the defendants, in an action on contract, denying the liability of the defendants as partners, after a trial to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
It is sought in this action to establish a liability against respondents as partners. The court below held that respondents were not partners, and that judgment should go against Howard P. Savage alone.
There is no evidence from which it can be held that, as between themselves, the respondents, who were brothers, were partners. In fact, it clearly appears that they were not. The main contention of appellant is that Charles G. Savage held himself out as a partner, and is therefore liable as such. It is now too late to question the rule that, irrespective of what is the true relation as between…
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