Robinson v. . Daughtry
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiffs from Connor, J., at October Term, 1915, of SAMPSON. Tbis is a civil action by R. P. Robinson, one of tbe plaintiffs, to recover a one-balf undivided interest in a tract of land in Sampson County, and by R. H. Stowe, another plaintiff, to recover a one-fourth interest in said land.
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Appeal by plaintiffs from Connor, J., at October Term, 1915, of SAMPSON. Tbis is a civil action by R. P. Robinson, one of tbe plaintiffs, to recover a one-balf undivided interest in a tract of land in Sampson County, and by R. H. Stowe, another plaintiff, to recover a one-fourth interest in said land. R. P. Robinson, R. H. Stowe, and T. L. Lowe were partners doing business under the firm name of R. P. Robinson & Co., and the business of the copartnership.was selling patent rights to deal in washing compounds. Evidence was introduced tending to prove that the partnership took horses, mules,…
1Opinion of the CourtAlleN, J.
The deed executed to E. P. Robinson & Co. is valid, and it operated to vest the full equitable title to the land described therein in the members of the partnership as tenants in common, Walker v. Miller, 139 N. C., 448, also reported in 4 A. and E. Anno. Cases, 601, where there is an extensive note.
If, then, the title to the land was vested in the members of the firm by the deed executed to R. P. Robinson & Co., has it been divested by the subsequent deed executed by Lowe, one of the partners, and what is the legal effect of the latter instrument?
“A contract of partnership is a contract of…
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