Haley v. Brewer

The appellee brought this suit upon four promissory notes and upon a claim for back salary, all owed by a partnership called Neark Enterprises. The defendant below was Dr. Robert Haley, whom the plaintiff alleged to be a member of the firm. Dr. Haley denied that he was a partner 'in the business, but he admitted having signed one of the notes and asked judgment by subrogation against Joe Bowen and Ethel Haley, whom he asserted to be the sole partners in the concern. The circuit court, sitting without a jury, found that Dr. Haley was a partner, entered judgment against him in the amount of…