2 Blackf. 217 | Ind. | 1829
Replevin by Reno for a boat. The defendant pleaded property in himself. Verdict and judgment for defendant. A bill of exceptions shows, that the defendant proved by several witnesses, that he built the boat at Fischli's mills:
The defendant, it seems, was the -active partner in this firm, and transacted the principal part of the business, and kept the entire account; and aiiy thing that he in good faith purchased ■of the partnership property, became exclusively his. The entry of the purchase of the boatin the partnership books, though in his own hand-writing, might be introduced, among other circumstances, to show that the boat was his, although built as the joint property of the firm. The evidence relative to the book, strongly conduces to show that it was the true account book of the firm; and as the bill of exceptions nowhere states that the
The judgment is affirmed with costs.