Cliff Compton, Inc. v. Leon

This is an action for breach of contract, a copy of which is attached to the declaration. The answer contains a general denial, an allegation of payment and a denial of the authority of the individual executing the alleged contract on behalf of the defendant. There was no specific denial of signature nor a demand that it be proved at the trial, as required by G.L. c. 231, § 29.

There was evidence that the defendant’s true name is Elias G. Leon and that on December 15, 1965, the date of the contract, he was sole *106proprietor of New England Crane & Hoist Co. doing business at 49 Newbury Street,…