Case Name: Ball v. Mashburn & Bussell et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1899-12-06
Citations: 110 Ga. 285
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ball v. Mashburn & Bussell et al.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 110
Pages: 285–285

Head Matter:
Ball v. Mashburn & Bussell et al.
Submitted November 10,
Decided December 6, 1899.
Appeal. Before Judge Smith. Wilcox superior court. March term, 1899.
D. B. Nicholson and Thomson & Whipple, for plaintiff.
Cutts & Lawson and T. C. Taylor, for defendants.

Opinion:
Simmons, C. J.
A partnership composed of two persons, one of whom had been a member of a previous partnership engaged in the same line of business, is not as such bound for any breach of duty or of contract committed by the old firm, when it appears that the partner coming into the business did not either directly or indirectly con-, tract to be so bound but, on the contrary, expressly declined to have any connection with the affairs or business of the old firm.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.