Perkins v. Rogers

John C. Rogers, as surviving partner of the firm of N. Overton & Co., brought this action in the court below, upon account, against the appellant. The complaint was in four paragraphs. The first was as follows :

“ The plaintiff complains of the defendant, and says that he is the surviving partner of the late firm of N. Overton & Co., which firm was composed of the plaintiff, John C. Rogers, and Nathaniel Overton, who is now deceased. That the said firm have, for many years last past, been engaged in the business of commission merchants, in the city of New Orleans; that the defendant resides in…