Clark v. Dunlap

Debt, commenced before a justice of the peace on a note made by Dunlap for the payment of 68 dollars and 17 cents, one day after the date, to “ Clark, Stanley, and Co.,” or order. The note itself was filed as the cause of action. The summons issued in the case required Dunlap to appear and answer Me?’vin Clark, Amzi Stanley, and Henry W. Clark, in a plea of debt, and a judgment was rendered in favor of those persons.

Before entering into the trial the defendant moved the justice to dismiss the cause, because there was no declaration or cause of action showing that the plaintiffs were the…