11 Vt. 75 | Vt. | 1839
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The first question presented for the consideration of the court is, whether the evidence produced tended to prove a dissolution of the partnership of Allen & Blodget. If so, it should have gone to the jury.
That the discontinuance of the business of the old firrp and the formation of a new one, who succeed in business at the same store, has no tendency to prove a dissolution, is more than can be maintained. The object of the formation of a partnership is the transaction of business, and when this object ceases, there is no inducement to continue the partnership. It is not necessary for the closing up of the old-business of the firm, and the discontinuance of the business of the old firm and the formation of a new one are common attendants upon a dissolution. The case states that evidence was given to prove the discontinuance of the old firm, and the formation of a new one; and most certainly, if there was a discontinuance of thejñrm, and not simply the business of the firm, there must have been a dissolution. The term necessarily imports it. In this respect, then, the court below were wrong; but we think the evidence had no tendency to prove a notice to the plaintiffs of the dissolution prior to giving the note in question.