Ash v. Werner

Citations

• 12 Pa. Super. 39
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 202

Syllabus

<p>Partnership — Liability of incoming partners for debts.</p> <p>A partner who enters a firm already established does not thereby become liable for the debts of the old firm. Nothing but express agreement will render him so liable.</p> <p>Partnership — Implied liability for debt.</p> <p>Liability for the debts of another must be determined by evidence better than that of implication. Two firms had certain partners in common and a partner of the second firm was manager for both; payment by the manager of a sum of money without designating to which of the firm accounts it should be credited does not fix liability on the new firm for the debt of the old.</p>