Gray v. Willcox

This suit was brought before a justice of the peace to recover the amount claimed to be due upon a promissory note made by the defendant, payable to order of F. Gray, O’Ferrell & Co., and bearing date October 3d, 1876. The parties appeared on the return-day of the summons, when the plaintiffs declared orally on the common counts in assumpsit, and specially upon the note, and filed the same with the justice as a part of their declaration. The plaintiffs were described in the summons and declaration as Francis Gray, William O. Gray and Homer O. Nellis, a firm doing business under the firm name…