J. B. Lyon & Co. v. Culbertson, Blair & Co.

We learn, from this record, that appellees, as partners in the firm of Culbertson, Blair & Co., brought suit against appellants, also partners, doing business under the ñamé of J. B. Lyon & Co., to recover damages for an alleged failure to perform contracts for the purchase of a quantity of wheat.

There were several contracts, alike in their terms, except as to amounts and dates, and they were signed by different persons. This is a copy of one of them:

“ Chicago, August 14, 1872.

“We have this day bought of Culbertson, Blair & Co. 10,000 bushels of No. 2 spring wheat; in store, at $1.57& per…