Rogers v. Durant
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. .
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Gr.&y
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a bill in equity, by which Rogers seeks to recover of Durant and seven others, as copartners under the name of James W, Davis & Associates, the amount due upon several drafts, some drawn, and. some accepted of promised 'to be accepted, by that firm, and all alleged to have been held by the plaintiff and lost without his fault after maturity.
The defence of Durant is*twofold: First, to the jurisdiction, because there is no-sufficient proof of the loss of the drafts; second, to the merits, because he was never a member of the firm of…
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