Tiffany v. Hess

The defendant Ida Hess, as executrix, demurs, upon two grounds: First, that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; and second, that there is a- misjoinder of causes of action, in that causes of action against the representatives of two deceased partners are joined with a cause of action against the only surviving member of the firm. The complaint alleges that between the years 1887 and 1890 Charles A. Hess and William J. Townsend were copartners engaged in the practice of law in the city of Mew York, and that from 1890 until 1895 the two just mentioned,…