Conery v. Hayes

The defendants, O. F. Hayes, Barry Hayes and O. D. Hayes, are sued by the plaintiff to recover from them, as commercial partners, *326owning the steamboat Starlight, engaged in the carrying trade, the sum of sixteen hundred and thirty-one dollars, with interest, for boat stores and necessary supplies, furnished the said boat, between the 25th February, 1862, and the 12th February, 1863.

The defendants separated in their answers; each pleaded the general issue, and the prescription of one and three years.

Afterwards, each of them filed an amended answer. Barry Hayes claimed to have been always the…