United States Leather Inc. v. H & W Partnership

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge: In this diversity action, H & W Partnership and Walter Helms, a general partner, appeal the district court's ruling that the execution of a promissory note in favor of United States Leather by another general partner obligated the partnership. In reconsideration of its earlier grant of judgment as a matter of law in favor of the partnership and Helms, the district court found that Dean Wilkerson, the other general partner, was acting within the scope of the partnership business when he signed a promissory note as a general partner of H & W Partnership. H & W Partnership and Helms appeal, and United States Leather cross-appeals the amount of attorneys' fees allowed by the district court.