Elmore v. Tingley

This is an action on a promissory note, alleged to have been made and delivered to the plaintiff by the defendant and “Tingley & Elmore.” Certain payments were made upon the note which reduced the principal sum claimed to be due thereon at the time of the institution of the action to the sum of $600, for which sum, with interest, judgment was prayed.

The plaintiff and the defendant, for a number of years prior to the making of the note in suit, were engaged as partners in a mercantile business in Los Molinos, Tehama County. On March 12, 1921, the parties executed a written agreement dissolving…