Pfirmann v. Henkel

This suit was brought by appellants against Emanuel Hartman, Simon Hartman and Frederick Henkel, as co-partners, doing business under the name and style of Hartman Brothers, as acceptors, in their firm name, of a bill of exchange for $390.55, drawn upon them by appellants, dated August 23d, 1877, and payable four months after date. The two Hartmans having before the commencement of the suit been adjudicated bankrupts, no service of process was had on them. Henkel alone appeared and plead non assumpsit, and also a plea verified by his affidavit, averring that at the time of the acceptance of…