Yocum v. Benson

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the appellee against Yocum, Jackson, Heister and Paul, the appellants, and sixteen other defendants, all of whom were sued as partners, on a note given in the name of the American Protective Union, No. 642, and signed by two of the defendants as directors.

Sixteen of the defendants were defaulted, but each of these appellants filed a several plea, alleging, that “the said defendant was not a partner in trade with the other defendants in said declaration mentioned.” The jury found the issues for the plaintiff, on which finding the court rendered…