Taylor v. Hillyer

The material facts of this case are these:— James Hillyer, the defendant in error, brought an action of debt in the Posey Circuit Court against William G. Taylor, Livingston G. Taylor, Heman B. Taylor, Joseph Fauntleroy, Butler Fauntleroy, Robert H. Fauntleroy, Warren W. Lewis, and Amos Claik, merchants, trading under the firm of Taylor, Fauntleroy Co., and avers in his declaration, that on the 4th day of February, 1829, they, the said Taylor, Fauntleroy Co., made their promissory note to James ,H. Moore and John W. Casey, merchants, trading under the firm of Moore & Casey, by which they, the…