Tahoma Finance Co. v. Shannon

In this action upon a promissory note and for the foreclosure of an alleged chattel mortgage, appellant intervened by permission of the court and set up by answer two affirmative defenses to the amended complaint of respondent. The first affirmative defense, briefly summarized, is as follows:

That defendants Shannon and Basher as copartners, under the name of Metropolitan Stationery, operated a store at 508 Union Street, Seattle, in the business of buying and selling stationery and similar merchandise at retail. On June 15,1923, they gave respondent their note for $1,600, and at the same time…