Walker v. Russell

Campbell, Justice.

The action was brought by the president of the Bank of Utica, against a number of persons in dif-' ferent parts of the state, who were individual creditors of Russell & Van Valen, also defendants; the bank claiming that Russell & Van Valen were copartners, and that debts due to the bank on certain drafts drawn by Van Valen and accepted by Russell, were a joint charge upon the assets of Russell & Van Valen. Van Valen didbusiness in his individual name, at Cortlandville, and Russell in his individual name, in the city of Hew-York. Russell and one of his creditors, Allen,…