Vail v. Pacific Fish Products Co.

The plaintiffs commenced an action against the defendants and alleged their claims in three common counts, each being for moneys laid out and expended for the defendants. The defendants answered, and in their answer first they denied each of the allegations contained in each count in the plaintiffs’ complaint; second, to each count they interposed a separate defense to the effect that the subject matter of that particular count in plaintiffs’ complaint was a part of a larger transaction, to wit, a copartnership enterprise between the plaintiffs and the defendants as copartners; third, the…