Strong v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
New Haven & Fairfield Cos., April T., 1892. Andrews, C. J., Carpenter, Seymour, Torrance and Fenn, Js. Action against the defendants as partners, upon a claim for goods sold the firm; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court before Thayer, J. George W. Smith, one of the defendants, confessed judgment, and the other defendant, Isaac C. Smith, alone made defense. Facts found' and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs.
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New Haven & Fairfield Cos., April T., 1892. Andrews, C. J., Carpenter, Seymour, Torrance and Fenn, Js. Action against the defendants as partners, upon a claim for goods sold the firm; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court before Thayer, J. George W. Smith, one of the defendants, confessed judgment, and the other defendant, Isaac C. Smith, alone made defense. Facts found' and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
The record before us presents a single finding in two cases by different plaintiffs against the same defendants, tried together in the court below, and appealed by the plaintiffs to this court. The defendants were George W. Smith, who confessed judgment for the amount of the claims, which were for supplies furnished to him for use in his business of conducting a retail meat market, and his father, Isaac C. Smith, whom the plaintiffs sought to hold liable as a partner in the business. Isaac Smith alone made defense, and will therefore be spoken of herein as the defendant.
The plaintiffs claimed…
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