Morse v. Burkhart Manufacturing Co.

Appellee, a Missouri corporation, instituted this suit in the Pulaski Circuit Court, Third Division, against Jeter Morse, Wesley Morse, J. M. Morse, and S. J. Morse, alleged copartners trading as Morse Bros. Lumber Company, to recover $2,389.89 for lumber sold and delivered to the firm. Service was obtained on Jeter Morse and S. J. Morse. They filed separate answers denying that the several parties sued, including themselves, were copartners trading as Morse Bros. Lumber Company, but on the contrary were stockholders in a de facto corporation by that name; also denying individual liability on…