De Lissa v. Fuller Coal & Mining Co.

This was an action upon a promissory note, brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, a corporation.

*320The note was not executed by the defendant in error, but upon its face purported to be the obligation of one George P. Fuller. Summarized, the claim of liability made by the plaintiff, in his petition, against the defendant, is as follows : George P. Fuller and others were partners, and by agreement among themselves bought from the plaintiff in error a tract of land in Missouri. The purchase was made in the name of the said Fuller, but for the benefit of the partnership.…