Sibley v. Parsons

The plaintiffs declared in an action of assumpsit upon two promissory notes dated June 25, 1889. These notes were for the sums of $200 and $271.11, and were to be paid in 40 and 50 days, respectively, after date. The defendant Victoria Eckhardt filed an affidavit denying the execution of the notes. She also gave notice under the general issue that she did not execute either of them; that they were given without consideration; and that she was not a member of the firm of Heck, Hemel & Eckhardt at the time the notes were made, and had not been a member of that firm since May 14, 1889. The court…