Case Name: BENNETT v. SCOTT
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-07
Citations: 3 F. Cas. 231
Docket Number: 
Parties: BENNETT v. SCOTT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 3
Pages: 231–231

Head Matter:
Case No. 1,323.
BENNETT v. SCOTT.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 339.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term, 1806.
Partnership — Sale bt One Partner — Pleading.
If the goods sold belonged to a partnership at the time of sale, the action must be brought in the name of all the partners, although the defendant was ignorant of the partnership.
[At law. Action by Charles Bennett, one of the firm of Bennett & Watts, against James S. Scott.]
E. J. Lee, for plaintiff.
Mr. Youngs, for defendant.

Opinion:
THE COURT
instructed the jury, that if they shall be of opinion, froni the evidence, that the goods sold and delivered by Charles Bennett to the defendant, were, at the time of the sale, the joint property of C. Bennett and J. Watts, and sold for their joint benefit, the law raises a promise from the defendant to Bennett and Watts jointly, and not to Bennett alone; and that Bennett alone cannot, in the lifetime of Watts, support this action, although the goods may have been sold in the name of Bennett, and the defendant was, at the time of the purchase, ignorant of the existence of the partnership.