Siegel v. Chidsey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was a feigned issue to determine the right to the proceeds of the personal property of Field & Siegel. George Field was engaged in the mercantile business, in the borough of Easton, and had a considerable stock of goods, and had incurred debts and liabilities in the prosecution of his business.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was a feigned issue to determine the right to the proceeds of the personal property of Field & Siegel. George Field was engaged in the mercantile business, in the borough of Easton, and had a considerable stock of goods, and had incurred debts and liabilities in the prosecution of his business. On the 1st September, 1847, Field and John Siegel, Jr., entered into partnership in the store, and with the stock of goods which Field then had on hands. John Siegel, Sr., loaned to his son, John Siegel, Jr., the sum of $2200, and took from him a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
Unquestionably the debt of John Siegel, Jr., to his father John Siegel, Sr., was originally an individual and not a partnership debt. The paper taken for it proves it such, and the verdict has fixed it as the debt of one partner. But it is equally clear that the money, though obtained on the personal credit of Siegel, Jr., went into the partnership funds, and was used for the exclusive benefit of the firm of Field & Siegel. Now although this circumstance would not, of itself, make the firm liable to the creditor, 5 Watts 454, 6 Harris 412,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Graeff v. HitchmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
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- Gordon v. Hartford Sterling Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Miller v. South Hills Lumber & Supply Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- J. B. Larzelere & Son v. TielSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- In re MalschickDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1914
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