Chapek and Hakel v. Oak Creek Valley Bank

Opinion of the court by

Gillette, J.:

This action was brought and tried in the probate court of Garfield county, to recover from A. B. Chapek and Frank Hakel, partners as Chapek & Hakel, upon a promissory note endorsed by said partnership and delivered to the plaintiff as a renewal of a former note of the same parties, which had been endorsed and transferred to the plaintiff. From the record it appears that C'hapek & Hakel were partners engaged in the mercantile business in the state of Nebraska, and that in December, 1902, such firm was the owner and payee named in a note of $425 executed by…