Bowker v. Bradford
Cases that cite this one
8 later published cases cite this decision.
- Voss v. Sylvester (Mass. 1909)
- Norwood v. Francis (D.C. Cir. 1905)
- Shane v. Goldstein (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1962)
- Edgerly v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (Mass. 1934)
- Atkins v. Atkins (Mass. 1907)
- Fuller & Fuller Co. v. McHenry (Wis. 1892)
- Suau v. . Caffe (N.Y. 1890)
- Artman v. Ferguson (Mich. 1888)
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Opinion of the Court
The ruling of the court, directing a verdict for the defendant Henrietta Bradford, was right. There was no evidence which would support a verdict against her. The contract was made with her husband. If the evidence tended to prove anything against Mrs. Bradford, it showed that he undertook to hire the store for a partnership consisting of himself and his wife. It has no tendency to prove any other ground of liability of the wife. But a husband and wife cannot enter into a contract of copartnership. Pub. Sts. c. 147, § 2. Plumer v. Lord, 7 Allen, 481. She is therefore not liable as a partner for the rent of the store.
Judgment on the verdict.
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