National Cash Register Co. v. Kay

Plaintiff corporation in its original petition sued the defendants, Louis Kay and Alfred Kay, as co-partners trading and doing business as Kay’s Department Store, at Festus, Missouri, alleging a balance due plaintiff of $1270 on a sale by it and purchase by defendants of a cash register. The separate answer of the defendant Alfred Kay admits the corporate capacity of plaintiff and specifically denies that he and the defendant Louis Kay were partners, and admits that he signed the written instrument which formed the basis of the purchase and sale of the cash register, but that said signing was…