Cohen v. Goux

By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:

'The action is brought upon an instrument in writing for the direct payment of money, designated in the pleadings a promissory note, and having in fact most of the elements of a contract of that character. It was made by the defendant and one Manuela Packard, and was payable on its face to the order of R. Cohen & Co., a copartnership firm, since dissplved, of which copartnership the plaintiff had been a member.

The answer of the defendant sets up that the latter signed the instrument at the request of one Kahn, at the time a member of the firm of R, Cohen & Co.,…