Blackston Mercantile Co. v. McPherson

Citations

• 77 Miss. 403

Syllabus

<p>1. PARTNERSHIP. Liability to tMrct party. Agreement inter se.</p> <p>Tbe existence of a partnership between two defendants being admitted, evidence that the goods, the price of which is sued for, were purchased from the plaintiff in the co-partnership name by one of the partners and were used in the oo-partnership business, should not, on an issue as to the liability of the other partner, be excluded at the instance of the latter as not tending to prove his liability, although it be shown that by agreement 'between the partners each was to furnish on his own credit like goods to be so used, and the latter had complied on his part with the agreement.</p> <p>2. Same. Representations of pcwtner. Evidence.</p> <p>The partnership being admitted, a representation by a partner when purchasing that the goods were for the benefit of the partnership, is admissible in evidence on an issue made as to the liability of the other partner.</p>