Wiley v. Thompson

In' this action of assumpsit on two promissory notes, the appellant Wiley, interposed the general issue, a personal ¡ilea denying the execution of the notes and a like plea denying their execution by the firm of O.-J. Wilson & Company.

The verdict and judgment were against him in the Circuit Court and lie prosecuted this appeal. The facts shown at the trial may be briefly stated.

On the 7th day of August, 1879, Osman J. Wilson and Samuel O. Wiley purchased a portion of the property of the Earlville Manufacturing Company, then in the hands o£ a receiver, and formed a co-partnership under the…