Laughlin v. Weare

Defendants appeal from an order overruling their demurrer to plaintiff’s petition. The petition avers that on the 21st of February, 1857, “ The Pittsburg Trust Company ” was, and still is, an association doing business under that name and style, in the State of Pennsylvania, and that said Laughlin was then, and still is, the trustee of said association; that defendants were brokers at Cedar Rapids, in this state; that on the date aforesaid, Loyd & Black, in Pittsburg, drew their bill of exchange on Holmes & Carter, a firm doing business in Marion, Iowa, in favor of W.'S. Haven, or order, on…