Holley v. Sneed

1. Partners are not liable for a tort committed by a co-partner in which they did not participate. Such a tort is beyond the scope of the partnership business and binds neither the partnership nor the other partners. Such is the law in this State as embodied in section 3187 of the Civil Code of 1910. Goodrich v. Goldstein, 32 Ga. App. 405 (123 S. E. 754), and cit.

2. In the instant case C. B. Sneed, brought suit for personal injuries against “R. E. Holley, W. P. Holley Jr., and Guy Garner, a copartnership doing business under the name of the Holley Auto Parts Company, and R. E. Holley,…