Nave v. Wilson

Davis, J. —

On the 2d of September, 1891, the appellee commenced this action against appellants on a note executed by appellants to appellee on the 11th day of October, 1882. The appellants answered in two paragraphs.

The first paragraph is a general denial.

The second paragraph is as follows:

“The defendants, for further answer to plaintiff’s complaint, allege that at the date of the execution of the note sued on herein and for more than one year previous thereto, the defendants, under the firm name and style of Nave, Allen & Co., were engaged in a general grain and warehouse business in Attica,…