Wick v. Jewett

The action is brought upon two promissory notes made by the defendant Jewett payable to the order of A. J. Packard and by the latter indorsed “Pay Wicks Bros. & Co., or order,” with his signature subscribed. The referee found that the plaintiffs were partners, doing business at Youngstown, Ohio, in the firm name of Wicks Brothers & Co., that the notes were made by Jewett, and were by the payee indorsed and delivered to the plaintiffs, who became the owners of them, and directed judgment against the defendant for the amount due on the notes. The objections taken upon the trial and urged here,…