Shelton v. Montoya Oil & Gas Co.

The appellant, who was the plaintiff in the case, sought to recover a judgment on a series of 12 notes signed “Montoya Oil & Gas Company, per S. L. Ricketts, Sec’y.” The Montoya Oil & Gas Company and P. H. Luby, S. L. Ricketts, C. H. Lackey, W. L. Merrill, and J. W. Johnson were named as defendants. The Montoya Oil & Gas Company was described as a joint-stock association or partnership, composed of the other defendants, for the purpose of engaging in a general oil and gas business. It was alleged that S. L. Ricketts in signing the partnership, name .was acting within the scope of his…