Wysor v. Johnson

This was an action in which the appellees were the plaintiffs, suing as partners under the firm name of A. L. Johnson & Co. There were a number of defendants, some of whom, with the personal representative of another of them, are the appellants. The other defendants were alleged to have been formerly members of the firm of A. L. Johnson & Co., and to have assigned their interest in the partnership, and in the cause of action, to one of the plaintiffs. The defendants, other than these assignors, were sued under the firm name of Wysor, Haines & Co.

The complaint was in three paragraphs. In the…