Burke v. Utah National Bank

Irvine, C.

In 1888 one Hall and one Moore, partners under the name of Hall & Moore, and engaged, or intend*249ing to engage, in the business of purchasing live stock in the then territory of Utah, and shipping the same to market, opened negotiations with the Utah National Bank with a view to transacting business with that institution. At Hall & Moore’s request a letter was written to the South Omaha National Bank inquiring as to the standing of George Burke & Frazier, a firm engaged in the live stock commission business at South Omaha, with which Hall & Moore contemplated transacting their…