Vaughan v. Kujath

This action was brought to recover the balance due on a promissory note signed by the defendants and others, wherein they *485agreed to pay “McLaughlin Bros.,” or order, the sum of $1,000. The note was transferred to plaintiff. The complaint alleges that “McLaughlin Brothers” were copartners. The only defense interposed reads as follows: “(1) That at all times mentioned in the complaint, the said McLaughlin Brothers were and now are copartners, doing business under the firm name and style of McLaughlin Bros.; that defendants are informed and believe, and therefore state the facts to be, that said…