Milner v. Cooper & Co.

Plaintiff alleges in his petition that be leased to defendants, G. W. Cooper & Co., a store building, in tbe town of Oakland, at tbe monthly rent of forty dollars, to be paid monthly in advance; that defendants occupied said premises under tbe lease, and moved a stock' of general merchandise into tbe building, and carried on there tbe business of a general store; that one member of tbe firm died, and that defendant, Stewart, was appointed administrator of bis estate, and that be and defendant, Elwell, who was a member of tbe firm, entered into a contract with defendant, Crittenden, for tbe…