Bates v. Scheik

On the trial of this case the following facts were conceded: That, on the second day of August, 1887, the defendants, John Schéik and Leopold Schmalz and Gottleib Eyermann, Sr., now deceased, were engaged in the mercantile and commission business in the town of Piedmont, under the firm-name of John Scheik & Co.; that Schmaiz and Eyermann lived in the city of St. Louis, and that Scheik, who lived in Piedmont, had the active management of the business; that by the articles of agreement the copartnership, unless sooner dissolved by consent or by operation of law, would expire by limitation on…