Cresswell v. Oberly
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Hollín S. Williamson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtBailey, P. J.
This was a suit in assumpsit, brought by John Cresswell and another, against John Oberly and eight others, upon an account for merchandise sold and delivered, the declaration charging the defendants as “late partners trading and doing business under the firm, name and style of the Bloomington Printing and Publishing Company.” The defendants pleaded non-assumpsit, and special pleas denying their joint liability, said pleas being duly verified by the affidavit of one of their number, and upon a trial of the issues by the court without a jury judgment was rendered for the defendants.
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