Carpenter v. Greenop

The defendants in this case were partners and did business under the firm name of John Greenop & Co. Lavery loaned to the firm $600, and took back a note signed by the firm therefor, payable to his order in six months, with interest at 8 per cent., at Northern National Bank, Big Rapids, Mich. The note was dated January 21, 1883. After the note became due the payee, Lavery, sold the note, and indorsed it over to the plaintiff, who now brings suit upon it against the members of the firm; the firm being dissolved, and no settlement of the partnership matters ever having been made between the…