Beckett v. Little

Wiley, J. —

Appellee sued appellant upon a note executed by appellant and payable to appellee’s decedent. Appellant answered in five paragraphs. In the third paragraph of answer it is averred that appellant and decedent entered into a partnership in November, 1889, under the firm name of Beckett and Burt, as equal partners to engage in the retail hardware business; that by the terms of said partnership, they were to share equally in the losses and profits of said business; that said partnership was dissolved in June, 1892, by the death of said Burt, and that since said dissolution appellant…