Meader v. Malcolm

This is an action on a promissory note for $500; and the petition, which is in usual form, alleges the execution and delivery of the note by defendants as partners under the firm name of Demuth & Malcolm.

Defendant Demuth made default, and defendant Malcolm answered, denying the execution of the- note in suit ' in the firm name of Demuth & Malcolm, admitting defendants were, on the 8th day of June, 1878, a firm doing business in Rolla, Missouri, under the firm name of Demuth & Malcolm, and pleading that the note in suit was executed by Demuth in the firm name, in fraud of the rights of the…