Alexander v. North-Western Christian University

The appellee, as plaintiff, sued the appellants* as defendants, in the court below.

Appellee’s complaint was in three paragraphs.

In the first paragraph of its complaint, the appelleealleged, in substance, that on the — day of July, 1873, ■the appellants were, and had ever since been, copartners» *467in business, under tbe firm name of G-. W. Alexander & Co.; that on or about said day tbe appellee employed the appellants, as such "copartners, to sell certain real estate of the appellee, upon a commission of one and one-half per centum, and the appellants undertook therefor to sell the same, and to…