Newhall v. Arnett

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

During and for some years prior to 1919, William W. Arnett, Edward B. Mason and Charles C. Rianhard conducted a brokerage business in Philadelphia as partners under the firm name of “Arnett & Co.” At the close of that year they entered into a written contract of dissolution, herein called “the agreement,” by which Arnett retired, owing the firm $9,000. The agreement provided, inter alia, that Arnett’s wife, the defendant here, should give her note for the $9,000, which, although not a party to the agreement, she did in form as follows:

“$9000. Philadelphia,…