were called for. Finally, Colclough, one of the partners and manager, gave the plaintiffs an order for the pump, by letter dated 19tli July, 1875, and it was duly furnished and delivery taken in the following September. Birchall repudiates liability on the ground that he had ceased to be a partner, and had thrown up his interest in the concern. There is no doubt he could do so when he chose, bufc until he did so he was liable for all engagements en tered into by his partners for their common interests. The turning point of the case, therefore, is, did Birchall cease to be a partnor before the date when the order was given to the plaintiffs ? On that point the proof is very obscuie »nd indistinct, Birchall having been an original partner, the onus lifcs upon him to relieve himself from liability. He has sworn that he attended no meetings after the beginning of July, 1875; that he renounced his interest at the meeting in July, 1875. There is an apparent inconsistency in these statements. He does not specify what he said or did when he re nounced, and I am not able to judge what was the legal effect of his action. It is not proved to whom the notice was given, what were its terms, or whether notice was given to all the shareholders. A notice, to be effectual, must be explicit and communicated to all the partners.— Van Sandan v. Moore, 1, Rup. 463 ; Wheeler v. Van Wart, 9, Sun., 193 ; Fassver v. Hayward, 31, Beer, 497. He admitted that he paid a call after July, 1875, and stated that on the 10th of August, 1875, he wrote to the manager to sell or give away his share, and that he refused to have anything to do with the Company a month before the date named in the summons. The date in the plaint annexed to the summons is August '3oth. Pemam, an other shareholder, stated that Birchall threw up tho claim about six weeks before the pump came, which was on September 12fch. From this it may be inferred that the defendant had not actually ceased to be a partner on the date of the order, July 19th, whatever his intention may have been. 