Eaton v. Taylor

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Eaton v. Taylor, 10 Mass. 54 (Mass. 1813)

Eaton v. Taylor

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The direction to the jury was correct, and the verdict returned under that direction must stand; although, upon the whole case, we should have been as well satisfied with a verdict for the defendant.

Judgment on the verdict.

Memorandum. — The Honorable Charles Jackson, having been commissioned, as a justice of this Court, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Justice Sedgwick, took his seat on the bench a few days before the close of this term.

ADDITIONAL NOTE.

[See Vernon vs. Manhattan, &c., 22 Wend. 183. — Levy vs. Cadet, 17 S. & R. 126. -Foster vs. Andrews, 2 Penns. 160. — Roberts vs. Ripley, 34 Conn. 453.— Whitman vs. Leonard, 3 Pick. 177.— Willis vs. Hill, 2 Dev. & B. 231.— Cotton vs. Evans, 1 Dev. B. Eq. 284.— Vinal vs. Burrill, 16 Pick. 401.—Ault vs. Goodrich, 4 Russ. 430. — Rathbone vs. Drakeford, 6 Bing. 375.

One partner, after dissolution, cannot bind the others, even by the renewal of a partnership note.—National, &c., vs. Norton, 1 Hill, (N. Y.) 572. — So, notwithstanding a power reserved to him in the articles of dissolution, to settle the business of the firm, and for that purpose to use their name. — Ibid. — But the acts of one partner, after dissolution, bind the firm as to all who have previously dealt with them, and received no actual notice of the dissolution. — Ibid. — But see Whitehead vs. The Bank, &c., 2 Watts *67& Serg. 172. — See Watkinson vs. Bank, &c., 4 Whart. 482. — Booth vs. Quin, 7 Price, 193, n.

After dissolution, one partner cannot confess a judgment against all, for a partnership debt, without express authority. — Bennett vs. Marshall, 2 Miles, 436.

One partner, who is solvent, may, after a secret act of bankruptcy by another, bind the firm by accepting a bill for a previous debt. — Ex parte Robinson, 1 Mont. & Ayr. 18.

The individual note of a partner, payable to the firm, remaining in their possession t'll it was overdue, — held, after dissolution, another partner, though authorized to settle the affairs of the firm, could not negotiate it in their name. — Parker vs. Macomber, 18 Pick. 505.

But where the individual note of a partner, payable to bearer, and made after dissolution, was transferred to the firm by the holders in payment of a debt, — held, the note might be transferred to a stranger by another partner authorized to settle the oartnership concerns —Ibid.—F. H.j

Reference

Full Case Name
David S. Eaton versus John Taylor and Another
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3 cases
Status
Published