Cleaveland v. Richardson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. . This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the' Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, in September, 1881, by George C. Richardson, Charles S. Smith, George K. Guild, Ralph L. Cutter and Harrison Gardner, partners composing .the firm of .George C. Richardson & Co., against dames O. Cleaveland,- Cornelius B. Cummings, Charles W. Woodruff .and Washington…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. . This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the' Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, in September, 1881, by George C. Richardson, Charles S. Smith, George K. Guild, Ralph L. Cutter and Harrison Gardner, partners composing .the firm of .George C. Richardson & Co., against dames O. Cleaveland,- Cornelius B. Cummings, Charles W. Woodruff .and Washington Libbey, partners composing the firm of Cleaveland, Cummings & Woodruff. The declaration contained the money counts, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Blatchford,
after stating the case as above reported, delivered, the opinion of £he court.
It is contended for the plaintiffs that their assignment to Knickerbocker was not binding upon them, because the defendants did not disclose to them the financial standing of Libbey, nor the fact of his liability as a general partner in the •firm of Cleaveland, Cummings & Woodruff, nor the liability in regard to the debts of that firm assumed by him by the paper set forth in the fifth finding.
But the ninth finding sets forth fully what took place between Knickerbocker and the plaintiffs, on…
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