Georgia Court of Appeals, 1972

Peeples v. Holland

Peeples v. Holland
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided January 4, 1972 · Bell
125 Ga. App. 360; 187 S.E.2d 553; 1972 Ga. App. LEXIS 1333

Peeples v. Holland

Opinion of the Court

Bell, Chief Judge.

The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in a tort action against two alleged partners. The only issue on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s verdict that there was in fact a partnership. The appellant, one of the defendants, contends that the evidence will not sanction a finding that he was engaged in a partnership with his co-defendant at the time of the incident which gave rise to this litigation. Irrespective of whether the evidence supports a finding that appellant was an actual partner in the business, the evidence amply justified a finding that he was an ostensible partner under Code § 75-104. There was no *361error in the judgment overruling the motion for judgment n.o.v. and the motion for new trial.

Submitted September 9, 1971 Decided January 4, 1972 Rehearing denied January 25, 1972. Whitehurst & Cohen, A. J. Whitehurst, for appellant. Altman, Herndon & Fowler, Larkin M. Fowler, Jr., for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Pannell and Deen, JJ., concur.

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