Case Name: Evans and Watkins v. Corriell and Brothers
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1847-01
Citations: 1 Greene 25
Docket Number: 
Parties: Evans and Watkins v. Corriell and Brothers.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa
Volume: 1
Pages: 25–26

Head Matter:
Evans and Watkins v. Corriell and Brothers.
When a partnership is duly proved, the admission of one partner will hind the firm; bnt the admission of one partner is not sufficient to prove the existence of the co-partnership as against the other partner.
Error to Dubuque District Court.
Sanford and Smith, for the plaintiff,
referred to the following authorities : 2 Greenleaf’s Ev., § 484 ; 14 John., 215 ; 10 ib. 66 ; 1 Howard, Miss., 527; 2 Blaclcf. 29 ; Montagu on Part. 97, and note.
Crawford and Rogers for the defendant in error.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mason, C. J.
Suit in this case was instituted against the defendant below, in their .partnership, and not in their individual names. Judgment was rendered against them jointly. Evans alone was served with process, and the bill of exceptions shows that the only proof of their partnership was the admission of Evans.
Had the partnership been once duly proved, the admissions of either of the partners would have bound the firm. But such admissions by one partner are insufficient to prove the existence of the firm as against the other partner.
Judgment set aside, and a new trial ordered.
Judgment reversed.