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1 Walk. 202

Lawrence v. Mangold

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 28, 1881

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1881-03-28

No. 311, January Term, 1880. This was an action of assumpsit brought by one partner against the rest after he had left the firm, for salary. The suit was brought by Mangold against the firm, styling himself as one of the firm. The Court below allowed his name to be struck off as a defendant upon the affidavit of his counsel that it was inserted by mistake. First error.

Decided 1881-03-28

¶1The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the Court below on March 28, 1881, in the following opinion :

Per Curiam.

¶2The amendment striking out the name of Mangold — one of the original defendants — was clearly within the power of the Court under the Act of April 12, 1858, P. Laws,'243. No harm was done to the remaining defendants by refusal of leave to withdraw the pleas in bar and plead in abatement. The very question which would have arisen under that plea, had issue been taken on it, was decided under the plea in bar. The liability of the remaining members of the firm to the plaintiff below was fairly submitted to the jury ; namely whether there was a settlement of the partnership affairs and a promise to pay on the part of the defendants. Judgment affirmed.

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