Case Name: Oxley, Assignee of T. Moore, a Bankrupt, v. Willis
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1807-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 436
Docket Number: 
Parties: Oxley, Assignee of T. Moore, a Bankrupt, v. Willis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 436–437

Head Matter:
Oxley, Assignee of T. Moore, a Bankrupt, v. Willis.
If one of two partners lias authority, after the dissolution of the firm, to collect the debts, and he opens a new account with a debtor of the firm, charging him with the balance due to the firm, and giving him credits for payments, and goods, &c., received, and there is found a balance in his favor; this balance is due to the bankrupt, and not to the firm.
The defendant was indebted to H. & T. Moore in a balance of seventy-six dollars. When the partnership of H. & T. Moore was dissolved, T. Moore continued to carry on the business, and was authorized by his partner to collect and pay the partnership debts, as far as the joint effects should come into his hands. After the dissolution, T. Moore opened an account with the defendant in his own name, in which account he charged the defendant with the said balance of seventy-six dollars, and gave him credit for goods delivered after the dissolution, striking a balance upon the whole, in favor of T. Moore, of $43 ¿V T. Moore, after the dissolution, and before the bankruptcy, advanced moneys on account of the partnership, to the amount of $1378 jf5 more than there were partnership effects in his hands.

Opinion:
Verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court on the above facts.
Judgment for the plaintiff, (nem. con.) on the ground that T. Moore had the power to settle the account, and had actually discharged the defendant from the demand of H. & T. Moore, by closing their account, and having actually set off the debts against each other before the bankruptcy. Queere.