Pratt v. Page
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. The plaintiff’s account was for his labor from October 4,1852, to January 17, 1853,- and for a few bushels of oats furnished in November and December 1852. The auditor reported that the account was correct as to amount, and that the defendant Page hired the plaintiff to do the work charged, and that the oats were delivered by the plaintiff to him.
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Book Account. The plaintiff’s account was for his labor from October 4,1852, to January 17, 1853,- and for a few bushels of oats furnished in November and December 1852. The auditor reported that the account was correct as to amount, and that the defendant Page hired the plaintiff to do the work charged, and that the oats were delivered by the plaintiff to him. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants were partners when the account accrued, and were j'ointly liable therefor. The auditor found that in fact they were not then partners, but that they had previously been in partnership in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Piereoint J.
It is insisted in this case that the plaintiff is entitled ÍQ recover against the defendants as co-partners.
*15It appears from the report of the auditor that in the fall of 1851 the defendants entered into co-partnership in the business of buying and slaughtering cattle, „ and selling meat in Eeading and the adjoining towns, and continued their business until May, 1852, when they dissolved their co-partnership, and the defendant Page continued the business alone ; that in the fall of 1852 the plaintiff hired out to the defendant Page, to labor for him by the month, and worked for him…
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