Hand Trading Co. v. Jones

Suit was instituted on a promissory note against T. H. Swicord, S. P. Swicord, and N. F. Jones, doing business under the firm name of “T. H. Swicord & Brother and N. F. ■Jones.” The alleged cause of action was a balance due upon a promissory note, given for goods sold to the firm. The firm was a mercantile concern engaged in buying and selling guano. The defendant, N. F. J ones, filed a plea denying that he was a member of the firm. Before the trial, T. H. Swicord and S. P. Swicord, having been adjudged bankrupts, were, by consent of counsel for Jones, stricken as parties, and the case…