Ball v. Beaumont’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““Plainly, then, the only chance for plaintiff to recover is by the establishment of a partnership transaction, so that Penn’s knoAvledge and ratification of plaintiff’s acts Avould be a ratification by both defendants. The condition of affairs seems to be that plaintiff has no direct knowledge of the relative positions tOAvard this transaction of the tAVO defendants. Penn says it was a partnership transaction, and Beaumont that it was a personal one of Penn’s and an endeavor on the latter’s part to raise his share of the firm’s capital, in Avhich Beaumont signed th¿ note, as surety. If the note itself is avoided for alterations, and does not furnish a basis of recovery, the burden of proving a partnership transaction and a valid authorization or ratification by the partnership of the payment, is on plaintiff.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ball v. Beaumont