Brooks v. Ahrens

This action was brought by the plaintiff, the appellee here, as surviving partner of William Stirling and Theodore Ahrens, trading as Stirling and Ahrens, against the defendant Brooks, the appellant on this appeal, to recover money had and received by the defendant, to the plaintiff’s use. The pleas were, never indebted, and never promised, as alleged. The case was tried before the Court, without the assistance of a jury ; and nearly all of the material facts of the case were agreed upon by the parties. The findings and judgment of the Court below were for the plaintiff, and the defendant has…