Pratt v. Walther

The plaintiffs filed the following petition in the.circuit court of the city of St. Louis at the June term, 1889, against Lillian M. Walther and W. K. Walther, her husband:

“Plaintiffs state that, at the dates hereinafter mentioned, and at the present time, they were, and now are, partners doing business in the city of St. Louis, under the firm name of Pratt, Simmons & Co.

“That the defendant Lillian M. Walther was, at the dates of the purchase of the goods hereinafter mentioned, • and up to May 1, 1889, doing business at city of St. Louis under the name of Mrs. W. K. Walther; that the…