Cairo & St. Louis Railroad v. Easterly

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Jeremiah Callahan against the Cairo and St. Louis Railroad Company, and Henry R. Payson and Fred. E. Canda, partners, doing business under the firm name of H. R. Payson & Co.

In the declaration it is, in substance, averred, that on the first day of June, 1874, the Cairo and St. Louis Railroad Company, a body corporate, and Henry E. Payson and Fred. E. Canda, the defendants, became indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $2000, for labor and services, for goods, wares and merchandise bargained and sold to defendants, at their request, for work and…