Heartt v. Walsh

This was an action brought by the firm of Walsh, Jewell & Co., composed of Thomas Walsh, Henry Jewell (who died prior to the trial), and John Smith, appellees, against appellants, Chauncey B. Heartt, Robert Heartt and August Steinhouse, then running a line of omnibuses in the city of Chicago, styled the “Lumberman’s Bus. Line,” to recover the value of certain grain sold and delivered by appellees to appellants during the winter and spring of 1872.

The defense interposed was, that on the 12th day of April, 1872, and after the dissolution of the firm of Walsh, Jewell & Co., Chauncey B. Heartt…