84 Ga. 125 | Ga. | 1889
"Wilson, being a partner with Church & Brother in
1. Wilson, a common member of two firms, the one selling and the other buying, misapplied the assets of the former by applying them to his own debt due tbe latter. Of this misapplication the latter had notice through him. His knowledge was its knowledge. After the beef became the property of the purchasing firm, it was still his property as a partner in that firm ; and his fraud certainly adhered to it in so far as his interest as a partner in that firm was concerned. Could
2. It was urged in the argument that the evidence showed that the market value of the beef was 4J cents, not 5J cents per lb. This is probably true, but there was testimony that Wilson named the latter in reporting to Church & Brother, and that other beef had been settled for by Gray & Co. at this price. Moreover, the difference is one of only a few dollars in the aggregate of the recovery, and is too inconsiderable to require a new trial. Judgment affirmed.