Missouri Steel & Wire Co. v. Edmonds & Allgier

This case originated in the Probate Court of New Madrid County, Missouri, upon the plaintiff’s filing its demand against the estate of A. E. Allgier, deceased, based upon three invoices of merchandise, aggregating $459.62, purportedly sold in 1935 to the firm of Edmonds ■& Allgier, contractors and builders, Clarkton and Risco, Missouri.

The administratrix filed an answer to the demand, denying that the goods were purchased by the partnership, but not denying the existence of the partnership. The probate court, by agreement, tried the case without a jury, and rendered a judgment in favor of the…