Phaup v. Stratton
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of debt in the Circuit court of Buckingham county, by John H. Stratton against the surviving partners of the firm of Lancaster, Stratton & Co. The case is stated in the opinion of Judge Samuels. There being a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, the defendants applied to this court for a supersedeas,, which was awarded.
1Opinion of the CourtSamuels, J.
The first count of the declaration in this case alleges in substance that William Phaup, Peter B. Stratton, Theodorick C. Grannaway, John Saunders, and Nathaniel Lancaster now deceased, late partners trading under the firm of Lancaster, Stratton & Co., in the lifetime of Lancaster, by their note in writing, with their partnership style of Lancaster, Stratton & Co., by them thereto subscribed, bound themselves to pay the plaintiff the sum of 173 dollars 30 cents for value received. The second count in substance alleges that the surviving partners above named, by their note in writing with the…
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