Milroy v. Quinn

The amended complaint of the appellees,| against the appellant, states the following facts:

That the plaintiffs were partners in business, under the name and style of Quinn & Klinger, and were dealers in tobacco and cigars. Having doubts as to the solvency of Cornelius Conover, who lived in Indiana, the said plaintiffs being residents of Ohio, and Conover having applied to them for a sale of goods, they refused to make him any advance without a guaranty; whereupon the defendant made and delivered to the plaintiff his writing, as follows:

“ Delphi, Ind., Jan. 14, ’74.

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