Beatty v. O'Connor

An action was brought by the appellees, as partners, against the appellant, William Beatty, and Henry Auton, as partners, on an account for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered to the defendants under their firm name and style of Beatty & Auton, at the special instance and request of the defendants, and upon authority given by them to one John H. Beatty, who managed their affairs.

In the transcript before us, after the complaint and the entry showing the assignment of the cause to special term, the clerk has inserted a memorandum, not purporting to be a transcript of matters of…