Pace v. H. B. Claflin & Co.

Opinion by

Judge Cofer :

These suits were brought upon promissory notes signed by R. E. Cross & Co., and payable to H. B. Claflin & Co. It was stated in the petitions that H. B. Claflin, E. E. Eames and E. W. Bankroft composed the plaintiff firm at the dates of the notes sued upon, and that R. E. Cross, R. H. Baker, O. C. Pace and W. F. Alexander, at said times composed the defendant firm.

Pace answered and denied that he was a member of the firm of R. E. Cross & Co. at the dates of the several notes, and denied that said notes, or any of them, were his acts and deeds. Pie further averred that…