Woodward v. Brooks
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
Josiah D. Brooks and D. Leeds Miller, while partners, doing business in Philadelphia under the name and style of Brooks, Miller & Co., acquired title to a lot in Cook county, in this State, in the firm name, and taken in payment of a firm debt. On November 23,1883, the firm was dissolved by the death of Miller, but Brooks continued the business under the same firm name, and while so acting, on May 20, 1884, accepted a bill of exchange drawn on him in the said firm name, in favor of the plaintiffs, James S. Woodward & Sons. The retention and use of the firm name after Miller’s…
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