Hays v. Lanier

By the 4th section of the act of 1833, amending the act regulating the practice at law, it is declared that in actions at law for the recovery of specific sums of money upon bills or promissory notes, it is not necessary to file a formal declaration, but that the filing of such notes in the clerk’s office, shall be a sufficient foundation for the suit, and process shall issue thereon, &c.; and to which the defendant may appear, &c.

Under this statute^ a company of merchants trading under the style and firm of Stapp, Lanier '&? Co., brought the action now under consideration, without a…