Hoskinson v. Eliot
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
October 19th 1869. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnew, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: No. 69, to October and November Term 1869. This was an action of debt, commenced April 29th 1868, by John Eliot and others, trading as Eliot, Goodwin & Co., against William Hoskinson, James Hoskinson, Charles A. Winn, William Bone, Reese W. Flower, and Jonas Gunnison and C. E. Gunnison, administrators, &c., of George J. Morton, deceased,…
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October 19th 1869. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnew, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: No. 69, to October and November Term 1869. This was an action of debt, commenced April 29th 1868, by John Eliot and others, trading as Eliot, Goodwin & Co., against William Hoskinson, James Hoskinson, Charles A. Winn, William Bone, Reese W. Flower, and Jonas Gunnison and C. E. Gunnison, administrators, &c., of George J. Morton, deceased, doing business under the firm name of the “ Excelsior Steam Pressed Brick Company.” The first two counts of the declaration…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Williams, J.
The main question presented by the assignments of error in this case — though not the first in numerical order — is, *400whether Charles A. Winn, under the articles of partnership, constituting the Excelsior Steam Press Brick Company, had authority, either as agent or partner, to borrow money on the credit and for the use of the firm in carrying on its business; and whether the partnership is liable for the amount lent or advanced for its use, by the plaintiffs below, at his request.
It is contended by the plaintiffs in error that Winn had no…
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