American Cotton Oil Co. v. House

On March 31, 1923, the appellant, the American Cotton Oil Company, filed suit in the circuit court of the Second judicial district of Bolivar county against the appellee La Valle House and L. ,G. Dean, alleged to be a copartnership trading under the firm name and style of Dean & House, on a promissory note signed “Dean & House by L. G. Dean.” Summons was issued for the said La. Valle House and L. G. Dean, and the sheriff, acting through his deputy, J. D. Hines, made a return on this summons in which he recited that he had personally served each of the said defendants. No plea was filed by the…