Davis v. Merrill

The defendants were copartners on the 14th of October, 1874, and had been for sometime previous thereto, and as such the company on that day gave to the defendant Eastwood, a note due in one month after date, payable to his order, for $596.82, with interest at ten per cent.

The firm continued business until March 10, 1875, and was then dissolved, and by mutual consent the books and. accounts of the company were placed in the defendant, George W. Merrill’s hands, who collected the accounts and. paid the debts, and was thus engaged when this suit was-brought. There had been no settlement or…