Boyle v. Skinner
Supreme Court of Missouri
«Appeal from, St. Louis Law Commissioner’s Court. 1. “James A. Hardy” being found to be a firm composed of tho plaintiffs, no assignment by James A. Hardy, as an individual, was necessary in order to vest the title to the note in the plaintiffs. 2. The-plaintiffs are entitled to judgment in this court.
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
This action commenced before a justice of the peace, and of course there are no pleadings in the record. The note filed with the justice, at the commencement, is a negotiable noto, made by Skinner, payable to the order of James A. Hardy. Tho ground upon which the three plaintiffs sue is, that they composed a firm, doing business under the style of James A. Hardy, but there is no such allegation by pleading. When the case was taken to the court of tho law commissioner, by appeal from the justice, it was submitted to him without a jury, and he, regarding tho case as one governed by tho code of…
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